linkman
nounEtymology From link + -man. See link (“torch, light”).
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Historical An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
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A man who acts as a link or connection.
- Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India.1997, Girja Kumar, The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India, page 115:
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Broadcasting, Media A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.