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Definition of Deskman
1. Noun. The police sergeant on duty in a police station.
Definition of Deskman
1. Noun. (US dated) A subeditor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deskman
1. one who works at a desk [n DESKMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deskman
Literary usage of Deskman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer MAHAN (1905)
"... of logical deduction and exposition, constituting a condition of political
and personal enjoyment which only the deskman can fully appreciate. ..."
2. The Roman Empire: Essays on the Constitutional History from the Accession of by Frederick William Bussell (1910)
"... liveliest affection and esteem ;s but he traced to the influence of Marinus
the most disastrous step in further deterioration. This low-born "deskman,"4 ..."
3. With Three Armies on and Behind the Western Front by Arthur Stanley Riggs (1918)
"The replies being satisfactory, the deskman smiled pleasantly and said: "I know
Americans very well, sir, so I'll just put you down as leaving Wednesday. ..."
4. The Angler's Secret by Charles Bradford (1904)
"So the deskman, pent up six days in a stuffy office, and the backwoodsman, to
whom trees are a common sight, might exchange ..."
5. Zone Policeman 88: A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers by Franck, Harry Alverson, 1881- (1913)
"Next he grasped a telephone and, in the words of the deskman, " spit Spig into
the 'phone ..."
6. Taking Off the Blindfold by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"The individual who most deserves the title of traitor and who is most guilty of
sedition is General Alexander Haig. This deskman office-colonel whose ..."
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