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keyman
noun 3
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1KEYMAN + NOUN
decker, gideon, senator
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noun
1
A telegraph operator.
Conscious of their importance, the 324 labor delegates marched bravely in and elected by acclaim as their president a onetime Ontario telegraph keyman, Senator Gideon Decker Robertson […]
2
A workman who checks a railway track for faults, and who carries a keying hammer.
3
An employee of vital importance to a business.
A corporation may feel the need for life insurance on one of its keymen under a variety of circumstances.
As the keymen learn how to handle confidential company information, the owner-manager can disclose more to them. In most very small firms, the keymen will be "working" bosses.
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Conscious of their importance, the 324 labor delegates marched bravely in and elected by acclaim as their president a onetime Ontario telegraph keyman, Senator Gideon Decker Robertson […]
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A corporation may feel the need for life insurance on one of its keymen under a variety of circumstances.
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As the keymen learn how to handle confidential company information, the owner-manager can disclose more to them. In most very small firms, the keymen will be "working" bosses.
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