quarryman

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US/ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/

noun

A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).

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ledgeman
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Meanings

nounquarryman (plural quarrymen)

plural quarrymen

  1. A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).

    Many of its cottages were built for quarrymen when local workings provided limestone for the great 19th-century ironworks at Nantyglo.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 258, about Llangattock
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    He then described how a quarryman had bought the mineral rights of an estate at Melkridge, on the route of the Roman Wall, for twenty-one years.

    1981, John Sheail, Rural Conservation in Inter-war Britain

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna male quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

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ledgeman
Broader
breakermanadult male

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

quarryman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarryman

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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