property man
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈprɒpərti mæn/
- Jargon
:
responsable de utilería
Examples
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-You were a property man?
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The property man carefully arranged all the props on stage before the performance started.
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During rehearsals, the property man made sure every item was in its right place.
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The director praised the property man for his attention to detail in managing the set pieces.
Synonyms
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6.7
A person who gets and cares for the things used in plays or films
A theatre worker who looks after items actors use and moves them during a show
How Responsible
- Jargon
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6.7
- Jargon
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7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given the constituent meanings ('property' as stage objects/props and 'man' as an adult male), a B1 learner who knows both words can straightforwardly infer 'property man' as the man who handles properties/props. The noun + man agentive composition is regular and cross-linguistically common, so the overall meaning is transparently derived from its parts.
Etymology
Property man comes from the theatre, where small stage objects were called property, or 'props'. The picture is a man who carries and cares for those items, so property man means 'a stage worker who manages props'.