Meanings
nounbrinksman (plural brinksmen)
plural brinksmen
- alternativeAlternative form of brinkman.
For the brinksman, it is Soviet might that will force the United States to accept the new reality of Soviet power that now permits the Soviet Union to have weapons and troops abroad.
1978, Herbert Samuel Dinerstein, The making of a missile crisis, October 1962, page 219
Origin
Back-formation from brinksmanship, equivalent to brink + -s- + -man.
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APA
brinksman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinksman
MLA
“brinksman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinksman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brinksman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinksman.
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