Home › Words › R › ragmanragmanragman means A statute of Edward I by which the Scottish gentry and nobility were compelled to swear allegiance to the English king.EtymologyFrom rag + man.nameA statute of Edward I by which the Scottish gentry and nobility were compelled to swear allegiance to the English kingnounA person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.e.g.“For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.” — 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14:A statute issued by Edward I in 1276.A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull.e.g.“He bonched hem with his breuet · & blered here eyes / And rauȝte with his ragman · rynges and broches […]” — c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ragpicker 81% match — A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US). vs ragman →ragseller 79% match — A person who sells rags. vs ragman →raggery 64% match — Rags; ragged clothing. vs ragman →scrapman 63% match — A scrap dealer. vs ragman →scrapper 62% match — A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer. vs ragman →ragamuffin 60% match — A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. vs ragman →cadger 59% match — A hawker or peddler. vs ragman →carpetmonger 57% match — One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. vs ragman →