Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of a club; one who prefers the life of clubs.

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Examples

  • At a certain altitude of fortune the financier thrives, the club-man, the society woman, all those in short for whom the strictly necessary includes a certain number of domestics and equipages, as well as several town and country houses.

    The Simple Life Charles Wagner

  • "A neat little stroke of diplomacy," said one club-man to another,

    That Mainwaring Affair

  • I stood near the Chief and the young club-man Arara, who, on account of his bravery and great ability in handling his club, had been detailed to remain near us.

    In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Algot Lange

  • Suddenly two Peruvians came into view not more than twelve feet from where the Chief, Arara the big club-man, and I were standing.

    In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Algot Lange

  • He established himself on his small freehold, and lived, like Theodore Hook's club-man, "in idleness and ease."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

  • There are too many humble people who wish to imitate the great, too many poor working-men who ape the well-to-do middle classes, too many shop-girls who play at being ladies, too many clerks who act the club-man or sportsman; and among those in easy circumstances and the rich, are too many people who forget that what they possess could serve

    The Simple Life Charles Wagner

  • The Major was a famous club-man and bon vivant, as Montague learned later on.

    The Metropolis Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Like an old-timer he handled it, watching the smoke-wreaths above his head with the tranquil gaze of an elderly club-man.

    Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920

  • "Glory be!" exclaimed the dapper little club-man, with a comical furrow of care upon his brow.

    The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Stepping over the motionless form at his feet, Fraser lifted the young club-man, who was huddled in a formless heap as if he had fallen from a great height, and together the two dragged him toward _The Bedford

    The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

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