colourman

English

Alternative forms

• colorman

Etymology

From colour +‎ -man.

Noun

colourman (plural colourmen)

1. A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Henry Fuseli, in David H. Weinglass (ed.), Collected English Letters of Henry Fuseli, Kraus International 1982, p. 73:

     The Least, my Colourman will run away with, is fifty pounds per annum; my house with taxes stand me at least in Seventy […].

2. (US, broadcasting) A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis etc. on a given news or sports event. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• monocular