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Pressman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In printing, the man who manages the press and impresses the sheets.

2. One of a press-gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service.

3. Money paid to a man impressed into public service. [ See Prest -money.]

Pressman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.

2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.

3. One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.