requestman

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

request +‎ -man

Noun[edit]

requestman (plural requestmen)

  1. (naval) One who submits a formal request.
    • 2001, Mian Zahir Shah, Bubbles of Water, Or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy, page 224:
      After the ME had made a very convincing case for going on leave Sohail asked his divisional Chief ERA, who was standing behind and to the right of the requestman, “Well, Chief. What do you say?”
    • 2017, Brian Lavery, Churchill's Navy: The Ships, People and Organisation, 1939-1945:
      If this was considered inadequate, the case went before the captain, who heard 'requestmen and defaulters' at a fixed time. Requestmen might ask for promotion, for special leave or some other privilege.
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