n.; pl. Buttermen A man who makes or sells butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Countermen A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding. ] [ F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate. ] 1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. [ 1913 Webster ]

For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have you no countermand for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Lightermen A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Petermen A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [ An obs. local term in Eng. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Slaughtermen One employed in slaughtering. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Watermen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [ Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A water demon. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business or skill of a waterman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]