dragman

noun

dragman

noun

Etymology From drag + -man.

1

A fisherman who uses a dragnet.

  • great riots committed by the foresters and Welsh upon the dragmen of Severn , hewing all their boats to pieces , and drowning the bargemen in a warlike posture1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

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