Meaning

4 senses
  1. A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds.

  2. A player who can play both the small forward and power forward positions.

  3. (US, historical)A policeman assigned to an intersection to direct the traffic.

  4. Synonym of endman (“type of stock minstrel character”).

Origin

From corner + -man.

From corner + -man.

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Forms

plural: cornermen
Singularcornerman
Pluralcornermen

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cornerman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto