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Quarryman

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən

Definitions

A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).

Equivalents

العربيةعامل المحجر
2 more languages
Latinalatomus

Examples

Many of its cottages were built for quarrymen when local workings provided limestone for the great 19th-century ironworks at Nantyglo.”
“He then described how a quarryman had bought the mineral rights of an estate at Melkridge, on the route of the Roman Wall, for twenty-one years.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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