[f. FLOAT sb. + MAN.] A man who manages a float.
1882. Sir R. Payne Gallwey, Fowler in Irel., ii. 26. A. Bent, one of the oldest Wexford floatmen, once told me he remembered six shooters setting to Wigeon at the same time. They fired together, and picked up one hundred and fifty-four birds as the result of the general assault.
