iceman
iceman Lexical Profile
iceman Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who remains exceptionally calm, unemotional, and composed under intense pressure or in dangerous situations.
"The veteran pilot was known among his colleagues as an iceman who never lost his nerve during severe turbulence."
A person whose occupation is cutting, selling, and delivering blocks of ice for household cooling before the widespread adoption of electric refrigerators.
"Before electric appliances became common, the local iceman delivered heavy blocks of frozen water to neighborhood homes every morning."
A mountaineer who specializes in traversing glaciers, snowfields, and frozen terrain, or a prehistoric human body preserved in glacial ice.
"Archaeologists carefully examined the ancient tools and clothing preserved alongside the prehistoric iceman discovered in the Alps."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the early 19th century as a compound of Old English 'is' (ice) and 'mann' (person), originally referring to a vendor who harvested and delivered blocks of ice before modern electric refrigeration.