daysman

noun

days·​man

ˈdāzmən

plural daysmen

1

[Middle English dayesman, from dayes (genitive of day day set for arbitration) + -man] archaic : umpire, arbiter

neither is there any daysman betwixt us

—Job 9:33 (Authorized Version)

2

archaic : day laborer

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

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