rodsman

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rodsman

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From rod + -s- + man.

noun rodsmen

Someone who carries and holds a levelling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
Similar: rodman
A fisherman. […] a heavy basket of twenty-seven was landed by one rodsman.

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@misc{rodsman_2026,
  title = {rodsman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rodsman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}