A man who works in the felt industry or who makes felt; a felter or feltworker.
Compound noun combining 'felt' with 'man,' following historical naming conventions for male workers in specific trades. This term appears frequently in medieval and early modern occupational records.
Census records from the 1800s show 'feltman' as a common occupational title—it was a respectable trade that could support a family, and many feltmen belonged to powerful craft guilds that controlled apprenticeships and prices.
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