poleman
noun
poleman is a noun meaning “One who propels a boat using a pole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-L-E-M-A-N, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of poleman is polemen.
What does poleman mean?
noun
- 1
One who propels a boat using a pole.
- 2
One who tests the depth of the water using a pole, while aboard a vessel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of poleman
- polemen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is poleman?
Poleman appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does poleman come from?
From pole + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).