iceman

I1C3E1M3A1N1

noun

A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nouniceman (plural icemen)

plural icemen

  1. historicalA person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.

    We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows.

    1862, Edward Shirley Kennedy, Peaks, passes, and glaciers, volume 1, page 241
  3. A human figure carved out of ice.
  4. An ancient human male mummified in ice.
  5. slangAn assassin.
  6. slangOne who is cool under pressure.

    Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment.

    2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, pages 267–268
  7. datedA man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna male professional killer

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-so-
  3. Proto-Germanic*īsą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*īs
  5. Old Englishīs
  6. Middle Englishis
  7. Englishice
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Middle Englishman
  13. Englishiceman

From ice + -man.

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Translations

Danish ismand
  • ismanda person who trades in ice
French assassin
  • assassinassassin
Greek παγοπώλης
  • παγοπώλης (pagopólis)a person who trades in ice
Hungarian jeges
  • jegesa person who trades in ice
Turkish buzcu
  • buzcua person who trades in ice

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APA

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MLA

“iceman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iceman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceman.

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