mastman

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noun

A sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast

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Meanings

nounmastman (plural mastmen)

plural mastmen · alternative mast man

  1. nauticalA sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast

    “I just said to the boys that when Australia won in Newport, they were 3-1 down, and we all know what happened there,” said Matt Mason, Team New Zealand’s mastman.

    2007 July 1, Christopher Clarey, “Alinghi Within One Victory of America’s Cup”, in New York Times

Origin

From mast + -man.

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APA

mastman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastman

MLA

“mastman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mastman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastman.

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