Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained

Origin

From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

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Forms

plural: ruddlemen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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