Plural of draegerman; multiple rescue workers trained to use specialized breathing equipment in dangerous rescue operations.
The German plural of 'Drägermann,' formed by changing the ending from '-mann' to '-männer,' then anglicized as '-men' in English texts.
The term 'draegermen' appears in historical accounts of mining disasters, where teams of these specialized rescuers would work together to pull survivors from collapsed or flooded shafts.
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