daysman
noun/ˈdeɪzmən/
Etymology From day + -s- + -man.
1
Archaic An arbiter, referee, mediator.
- Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 9:33:
- in Switzerland (we are informed by Simlerus), ‘they had some common arbitrators or daysmen in every town, that made a friendly composition betwixt man and man […]’., New York, 2001, p.85
1 more example
- Now, my darlings, let mother be the daysman between you […].1901, David Bryant Fulton, Jack Thorne, Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly: A Story of the Wilmington Massacre, Online edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
2
A labourer who works during the day.