The plural of chanceman; multiple men who work in chancels or in chancellery offices.
Plural of chanceman, following the regular English -men plural for occupational or descriptive compounds ending in 'man.'
Medieval occupational words like chancemen became surnames because they identified whole family groups by their professions—the Chancemans worked in chancels while the Smiths worked with metal!
Plural of 'chanceman,' the '-men' suffix assumes male workers and excludes women from the occupational category even when they performed the same work.
Use 'chance workers' or 'lottery workers' instead. This neutral form includes all genders and reflects actual labor participation.
["chance workers","lottery workers","gaming workers"]
Women worked in gaming and chance-based occupations across centuries but were linguistically rendered invisible by '-men' terminology.
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