propman


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propman

(ˈprɒpˌmæn)
n, pl -men
(Theatre) short for property man
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prop•man

(ˈprɒpˌmæn)

n., pl. -men.
a person in charge of the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
[1930–35]
usage: See -man.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.propman - member of the stage crew in charge of properties
stage technician, stagehand - an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
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Translations

propman

n (Theat) → Requisiteur(in) m(f)
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1907: Birth of American film actor John Wayne: Born in Iowa, Wayne had developed a friendship with director John Ford while working as propman at the Fox Film Corporation during the summers in the late 1920s.
Maguire began his motion picture career as a propman in New York's Local 52.
Logistic regression analyses were used to predict discrete outcomes (Yes/No for Internal Audit and Yes/No for External Audit) from three continuous independent variables in the internal audit model and four continuous variables in the external audit model (refer to Exhibit 1).(10) Two logistic regression analyses were performed to assess prediction of firms' voluntarily adopting an internal and an external audit on the basis of the proportion of directors that are nonfamily members (PROPDIR), proportion of nonfamily participation in the management team (PROPMAN), size of the firm (SIZEFACT), and the proportion of funding for the business provided by debt (DEBTA) (only for the prediction of voluntary external audit).