A person employed to operate or manage equipment or systems, particularly on ships or in construction.
Compound of 'Jack' (common name for men, from 'John') plus 'man.' Common occupational surname and title.
Many surnames ending in '-man' describe actual jobs—a jackman literally worked with jacks (lifting tools), revealing how English surnames are historical records of what people actually did for work!
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