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cornerman

The English word “cornerman” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. A policeman assigned to an intersection to direct the traffic.
  4. Synonym of endman (“type of stock minstrel character”).

Etymology

From corner + -man.

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