Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
  • noun A day-laborer; a dayman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic An arbiter, referee, mediator.
  • noun A labourer who works during the day.

Etymologies

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From day + man.

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