English
sampleman
From sample + -man.
Formed from sample + -man
Latin eximō ‘to take out’
Latin exemplum ‘a sample’
Old French essample ‘example’
Middle English saumple ‘exemplar’
English sample
Today it means
noun A person employed to take or provide samples of material.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sampleman”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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