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Definition of Liftman
1. Noun. A man employed to operate an elevator. "In England they call an elevator man a liftman"
Definition of Liftman
1. Noun. A person employed to operate a lift (elevator) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Liftman
1. an elevator operator [n LIFTMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liftman
Literary usage of Liftman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1911)
"Tickets are checked by the liftman on entering and are collected by the liftman
at the passenger's destination. In the well-lighted subterranean passages ..."
2. A Vagabond in New York by Oliver Madox Hueffer (1913)
"Why this should be I have never been able to decide — the inevitable rudeness of
the New York liftman, I mean. A policeman has as much power — yet he is ..."