gangsman

English

Etymology

From gang +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

gangsman (plural gangsmen)

  1. A member of a gang of workers, especially at a dock; a dock porter. [from 18th c.]
  2. Someone in charge of a gang of workers; a foreman. [from 19th c.]
  3. A gangster. [from 20th c.]
    • 1915, PG Wodehouse, Psmith, Journalist, Everyman 2008, p. 107:
      The gangsman, as a rule, is stunted and slight of build.
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