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Linkboy vs Linkman - What's the difference?

linkboy | linkman | Synonyms |

Linkman is a synonym of linkboy.



As nouns the difference between linkboy and linkman

is that linkboy is male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night while linkman is adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.

linkboy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night

    • Synonyms

    * linkman * torchbearer

    References

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    linkman

    English

    Noun

    (linkmen)
  • adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light
  • (rugby) Player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
  • A man who acts as a link or connection.
  • * 1997 , Girja Kumar, The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India (page 115)
    • Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India.

    Synonyms

    * torchbearer

    References

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