ˈtonguesman rare.
[Cf. swordsman, townsman, etc.]
= tongueman.
| 1596 C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 5 So he, and I his tongues-man, doe require Thy Sanctuarie. 1610 Chester's Tri., Sp. Fame 22 (Chetham Soc.), [To Mercury] Descend then Tongue's man of the universe. 1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 252 Certain rough and ready tonguesmen..spoke, if not absolutely well, yet forwardly and fluently. |