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Definition of Ragman
1. n. A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
2. n. A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.
Definition of Ragman
1. Proper noun. A statute of Edward I by which the Scottish gentry and nobility were compelled to swear allegiance to the English king ¹
2. Noun. A dealer in rags ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ragman
1. one who gathers and sells scraps of cloth [n RAGMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragman
Literary usage of Ragman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway: Their "forebears" and Friends, Their by Andrew Agnew (1893)
"To each character a string was attached, having a piece of wax or metal at the tip.
This sheet when rolled up was called a ragman ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"From the strings hanging out at the end of the roll by which the characters were
drawn, the name of ragman-roll was given to any deed with a number of seals ..."
3. Poems by Edwin Leibfreed (1913)
"THE ragman Rags! Any old rags! Hear the old ragman cry— This man with the bags,
... The ragman keeps busy, but only, because, Life furnishes rags with ..."
4. Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England by William Carew Hazlitt (1864)
"ragman Boll has been printed from the above.mentioned MS. in Mr. Wright's Anecdota
Literaria, 1844, with a French poem on the same subject, of which it may ..."
5. Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England by William Carew Hazlitt (1864)
"ragman Roll has been printed from the above-mentioned MS. in Mr. Wright's Anecdota
Literaria, 1844, with a French poem on the same subject, ..."
6. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1868)
"... block for the beheading of Charles I.; and in Rosemary lane lived Ralph Jones,
the ragman, who assisted Brandon, the common hangman, ii: the execution. ..."
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