different between dolman vs dogman

English

Etymology

Apparently from French doliman, dolman (sense 2), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish ????????, ???????? (dolaman, “robe”), from ??????? (dolamak, “to wrap around”). Compare German Doliman, Dollman; Hungarian dolmány.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?lm?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do?lm?n/
• Hyphenation: dol?man

Noun

dolman (plural dolmans)

1. A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.
2. A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.
3. A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves.
   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 162:

     She turned slowly – she was dressed in tussore and a dolman.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with dolmen.

Alternative forms

• dollman (obsolete)

Homophones

• dolmen

References

• “dolman”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN, archived from the original on 12 April 2001.

Further reading

• dolman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Almond, Lamond, Maldon, Oldman, almond, old man, old-man

English

Etymology

dog +? -man

Pronunciation

Noun

dogman (plural dogmen)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) An assistant to a crane operator, responsible for securing the crane's load and directing the operator.
   • 1998, Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers? Federation, page 108,

     Accordingly, during 1972 the union embarked upon a concerted campaign to enforce the use of two dogmen on each crane.

   • 2005, Henry Pollack, The Accidental Developer: The Fascinating Rise to the Top of Mirvac Founder Henry Pollack, page 243,

     The usual crane crew required for operation of the site was one crane driver and two dogmen, but the BLF insisted that the builder keep a relief crane driver and a relief dogman permanently on site.

   • 2010, Raymond D. Clements, Aussie Rogue, page 59,

     The only work I had done as a dogman was to use a crane on the back of a truck ‘slinging loads’ and work the crane and truck myself.

2. A man who trains dogs for the bloodsport of dogfighting.
3. (cryptozoology) An alleged cryptid that is part man, part dog.
4. Alternative form of dog man

Translations

Anagrams

• godman

Esperanto

Adjective

dogman

1. accusative singular of dogma