ringman

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ringman

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From ring + -man.

noun ringmen · ring-man

  1. A male entertainer who works in the ring of a circus.
  2. A man within the betting ring of a racecourse; a bookmaker who works in the ring.
  3. A male boxer or prizefighter.
  4. A man who works in a ring where animals are exhibited.
  5. An auctioneer's assistant who spots bids and communicates information back to the auctioneer.
  6. obsolete The ring finger. And when a man shooteth, the might of his shoote lyeth on the foremost finger, and on the ringman

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@misc{ringman_2026,
  title = {ringman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ringman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}