n. A huckster.n. A cheat; one who engages in mean or disreputable practices or professional arts for gain, especially in the practice of law; a pettifogger.n. A groom or man-servant.n. In England, a farm-laborer who fodders cattle and carries out the hay in the morning and evening.n. A man who, in foggy or snowy weather, places detonators on a railroad-track to apprise the engine-driver of the position of a signal or switch.