Meaning of keyman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A telegraph operator.
   dated
2. A workman who checks a railway track for faults, and who carries a keying hammer.
   India
3. An employee of vital importance to a business.

Examples

“Conscious of their importance, the 324 labor delegates marched bravely in and elected by acclaim as their president a onetime Ontario telegraph keyman, Senator Gideon Decker Robertson […]”

“A corporation may feel the need for life insurance on one of its keymen under a variety of circumstances.”

“As the keymen learn how to handle confidential company information, the owner-manager can disclose more to them. In most very small firms, the keymen will be "working" bosses.”

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