ˈdredger-man
= dredger1 1.
| 1696 Lond. Gaz. No. 3182/3 Masters of Vessels, Fishermen, Dredgermen, and other Seafaring Men. 1711 [see dredge v.1 2]. 1851–61 Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 165 (Hoppe) The dredgermen, of the Thames, or river finders. 1887 Daily News 27 July 6/3 It [a Fraternity at Faversham] consisted of free fishermen and dredgermen, who had the exclusive right to dredge and sell oysters within the hundred. |