Usually means: Assistant carrying torches in processions.
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  1. linkman: Merriam-Webster
  2. linkman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. linkman: Collins English Dictionary
  4. linkman: Vocabulary.com
  5. Linkman, linkman: Wordnik
  6. linkman: Wiktionary
  7. linkman: Dictionary.com
  8. Linkman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. linkman: Rhymezone
  10. Linkman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. linkman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. linkman: FreeDictionary.org
  13. linkman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. linkman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (linkman)

noun:  (historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
noun:  (rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
noun:  A man who acts as a link or connection.
noun:  (broadcasting) A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.

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