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Meaning of Iceman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. A human figure carved out of ice.
  4. An ancient human male mummified in ice.
  5. An assassin.
  6. One who is cool under pressure.
  7. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

Equivalents

العربية رجل الثلج
Deutsch Eismann
Ελληνικά παγοπώλης
Français assassin
Magyar jeges
日本語 こおりや 氷屋
Türkçe buzcu

Examples

“We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows.”
“Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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