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Definition of Meresman
1. n. An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.
Definition of Meresman
1. Noun. (UK historical) An officer who ascertains meres, or boundaries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meresman
1. a man appointed to ascertain boundaries [n MERESMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meresman
Literary usage of Meresman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Brine or pickle for flesh or fish. Prompt. Pan., p. 334; Palsgrave.
meresman (merz'man), n. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use by William Douglas Parish (1875)
"MEND, m. To spread out manure (amendment) over a field. meresman, m. A parish
officer who attends to the roads, bridges and water-courses. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use by William Douglas Parish (1875)
"MEND, m. To spread out manure (amendment) over a field. meresman, m. A parish
officer who attends to the roads, bridges and water-courses. ..."
4. The History of the Survey of Ireland: Commonly Called the Down Survey, A.D by Sir William Petty, Thomas Aiskew Larcom (1851)
"... to which he replied, that it was no more dangerous to have the measurer a
papist than the man who pointed out the boundaries (the meresman), who, ..."
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