centerman

noun

cen·​ter·​man ˈsen-tər-mən 

-ˌman

plural centermen

1

: a center (see center entry 1 sense 5b) in ice hockey

The 23-year-old Seattle centerman collected eight points, including two goals, in four games last week.

—Hockey News, 13 Apr. 1973

2

: a worker who uses plumb bobs to locate the center line of underground mine openings and marks them so that the openings (as entries, rooms, and haulageways) can be driven in a straight line

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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