markman
(ˈmɑːkmən)
[f. mark n.1 + man n.1]
† 1. = marksman 1. Also fig. Obs.
| 1577 Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. viii. 28 in Holinshed, The kerne, who is an ordinary souldior, vsing..sometimes hys peece, beyng commonly so good markemen as they will come within a score of a great castle. 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. i. 212 A right good marke man. 1654 R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 78 Arrows (with which they are the best mark men in the world). |
2. Antiq. A dweller in a mark (mark n.1 2).
| 1874 Stubbs Const. Hist. I. iii. 49 Each of the mark-men has there his homestead. |