1
: a person employed to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
2
: a person who works in the yard of a commercial establishment
especially
: one who supervises the handling of building materials in a lumberyard
3
: a railroad hand employed in yard service
Examples of yardman in a Sentence
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Her yardman, Ruben Cardoza, kept her Preston Hollow lawn and flower beds tidy but certainly not Home & Garden worthy.
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Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
His yardman sprayed weedkiller to control vegetation that was growing there and accidentally got it on my Asian jasmine.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
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Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
His yardman sprayed weedkiller to control vegetation that was growing there and accidentally got it on my Asian jasmine.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
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“Yardman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yardman. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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