lineman — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.

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   In the event of a failure, by the operation of a switch signalmen at the panel boxes can set up flashing white lights on certain signalling apparatus cases spaced at approximately half-mile intervals alongside the line, in order to call the lineman. The lineman can communicate with the signalman by plugging in a hand telephone at any one of these points.

   […]or even, daring, spent the night up some pole in a lineman's tent like caterpillars, swung among a web of telephone wires, living in the very copper rigging and secular miracle of communication, untroubled by the dumb voltages flickering their miles, the night long, in the thousands of unheard messages.

2. A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

3. Someone who repairs railway tracks.

Noun

1. one of the players on the line of scrimmage

   Broader terms

   football playerfootballermanadult male

2. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage

   Broader terms

   position

3. a male surveyor who marks positions with a range pole

   Broader terms

   line surveyormanadult male

4. a male person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

   Synonyms

   linesman

   Broader terms

   electricianmanadult male