Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who keeps a tally of something.

    a male tally clerk

  2. A man who conducts the tally trade.

  3. (Ireland)A counting agent; typically one who is a man.

  4. (archaic, informal, regional)A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.

Origin

From tally + -man.

From tally + -man.

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Forms

plural: tallymen
Singulartallyman
Pluraltallymen

irregular · Lesson

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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