bandsman

English

Etymology

From band +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bandsman (plural bandsmen)

  1. (music, military) A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band.
    • 1973, Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk, London: William Heinemann, translation of original by Jaroslav Hašek, Translator's introduction, page xxi:
      If the reader finds a certain monotony in the words chosen by the translator I hope he will realize that the bandsman has to operate within the limits of his instrument.
    • 2005, E. L. Doctorow, The March, New York: Random House, Part One, p. 28:
      It was military bandsmen, their uniform coats unbuttoned, who supplied the merry tune, from a clarinet, a tuba, a fife.
    • 2025 October 21, Donna Ferguson, “London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      ‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars[.]
  2. (mining, historical) A labourer (loader) working with a band of men.
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