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chainman definition

☆ chain·man (-mən)

noun pl. chainmen -·men (-mən)

a surveyor's assistant who measures distances with a tape measure or surveyor's chain: chainmen work in pairs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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