[f. STREET sb. + MAN sb.]
† 1. An official appointed for the good government of the streets of London, Obs.
1720. Strype, Stow’s Surv., V. xviii. II. 286/1. [The Court of Common Council in 1665 ordered] the said President and Governors [of Christ’s Hospital] to have Power … to nominate and appoint Streetmen,… to be Overseers of the said Carmen; to see and take care, that Merchants and other Citizens Goods be well and faithfully delivered at the Rates and Prices, without any Exactions, Hindrance or Disturbance.
1766. Entick, London, IV. 179. They have also three servants, which they call street-men, that see to the well government of the carts of London.
2. A man working in the street.
1894. Critic (U.S.), 15 Sept., p. iv/3. Full history of Tree and sample Jumping Bean to Agents or Streetmen 25 Cents.
