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Definition of Chargeman
1. Noun. A workman employed to blast with explosives.
Generic synonyms: Working Man, Working Person, Workingman, Workman
Derivative terms: Blast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chargeman
Literary usage of Chargeman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division by Railway and Canal Commission, Court of Appeal, Great Britain, Criminal Division, Court for Crown Cases Reserved (1898)
"... that Evans filled this post of chargeman over the sinkers, and therefore it
was said that Evans was thus placed under the control of the defendants when ..."
2. The Mining Engineer (1908)
"The chargeman then instructs his assistants as to the order in which the fuses must
... The chargeman is the last to travel the length of the shaft, noting, ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"This chargeman is mostly an intelligent workman raised to the post, who understands
the running of dynamos and engines, the erection on their foundations, ..."
4. The Working and Management of an English Railway by George Findlay (1899)
"The districts are subdivided into lengths, and each length is placed in charge
of a “chargeman” and an assistant, who visit every signal cabin on their ..."
5. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1899)
"E. employed and paid the sinkers, he himself acting as " chargeman " in charge
of the sinking operations. One of the sinkers, while engaged upon the work, ..."
6. Modern Destructor Practice by Walter Francis Goodrich (1912)
"A top chargeman on a platform above the combustion chamber rakes the refuse down
from the bin into the shoots, which are always kept filled with refuse. ..."
7. Mining: A Journal Devoted to the Interests of Mines and Mining Students (1895)
"The chargeman shall not allow any shot to be fired except under his ... The chargeman
after cessation of work, whether caused by the withdrawal of the ..."
8. The Principles of Civil Engineering as Applied to Agriculture and Estate by Alan Bagot (1885)
"No light shall be applied to any fuze except by the chargeman after he has warned
... The shots in this case will be counted off by the chargeman as they ..."
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