† ˈprogman Obs.
[f. prog v.1 (or ? prog n.2) + man n.1]
A man appointed to forage for victuals, etc.; a forager, purveyor.
| 1618 in Wotton's Lett. (Roxb.) 79 The same daye five prog men, common soldiers who were sent w{supt}h money in their purses to buye victualls, were cruelly murdered. |