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All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.
Steve Winwood

Meaning of "company man" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPANY MAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPANY MAN

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Company man is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPANY MAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Company man

A company man in the petroleum industry refers to a representative of an operating/exploration company. Other terms that may be used are company representative, foreman, drill site supervisor, company consultant, rigsite leader or "well site manager". In a normal scenario, gas/oil-drilling companies rent or lease rigs from another company that owns the rig, the drilling contractor. The majority of the personnel on the drilling rig, called 'the rig crew', are employees of the drilling contractor. The company man is the on-site representative of the operating/exploration company and is in overall charge of the drilling and associated activities. Rig operations and maintenance and crew upkeep are attended to by the toolpusher, who works for the drilling contractor.

Definition of company man in the English dictionary

The definition of company man in the dictionary is an employee who puts allegiance to the company for which he works above personal opinion or friendship.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPANY MAN

companionable
companionableness
companionably
companionate
companionhood
companionless
companionship
companionway
company
company car
company commander
company doctor
company law
company manners
company pension
company secretary
company sergeant major
company time
company town
company union

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPANY MAN

as one man
batty man
best man
continuity man
delivery man
early man
family man
fancy man
hit man
holy man
iron man
little man
loblolly man
make-up man
old man
party man
property man
to a man
utility man
young man

Synonyms and antonyms of company man in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «company man» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPANY MAN

Find out the translation of company man to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of company man from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «company man» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公司的人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombre de la compañía
570 millions of speakers

English

company man
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंपनी आदमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رجل شركة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компания мужчина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homem empresa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোম্পানী ম্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homme de compagnie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki syarikat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Firma Mann
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

会社人間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회사 남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perusahaan man
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công ty con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுவனம் மனிதன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंपनी माणूस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şirket adamı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

azienda uomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

firma człowiek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

компанія чоловік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compania om
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνθρωπος της εταιρείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maatskappy man
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

företag mannen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selskapet mann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of company man

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPANY MAN»

The term «company man» is regularly used and occupies the 107.473 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPANY MAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about company man

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QUOTES WITH «COMPANY MAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word company man.
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Steve Winwood
All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPANY MAN»

Discover the use of company man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to company man and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
A chief legal officer with the CIA who helped create and implement counterterrorist operations after September 11 draws on previously undisclosed stories from his long career to illuminate the agency's inner workings, charting its evolution ...
John Rizzo, 2014
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Company Man
" - USA Today "Paranoia is a cleverly nuanced suspense story....Fresh, original and without cliché, this is a cerebral, contemporary thriller that ends with a wrenching twist followed by a supple extra turn." -- Boston Herald
Joseph Finder, 2006
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Company man: a novel
William Covington, a young black man in a high-profile corporate job, sees his comfortable life begin to fall apart around him when something from his past threatens to ruin everything he has worked for in the business world
Brent Wade, 1992
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The Company Man
The year is 1919.
Robert Jackson Bennett, 2011
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Diary of a Company Man: Losing a Job, Finding a Life
After years of making a living, Kunen finally learns how to make a life. Diary of a Company Man will be a revelation not only to baby boomers but to young people trying to figure out what to do with their lives.
James S. Kunen, 2012
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A Company Man: The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a ...
"Caillot's 1730 memoir recounts a young man's voyage from Paris to New Orleans, where he served the Company of the Indies.
Marc Antoine Caillot, Erin M. Greenwald, 2013
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Paranoia/Company Man
" - San Francisco Chronicle on Paranoia Joseph Finder's New York Times bestseller Paranoia was hailed by critics as "jet-propelled," the "Page Turner of the Year," and "the archetype of the thriller in its contemporary form.
Joseph Finder, 2006
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The Company's Man
Tony Manfredi loses his job the same day his wife finds out she is pregnant.
Thomas M. Battista, 2011
9
The company man
Andrew Birch's loyalty to Astradyne--the megacorporation replacing governments on Earth--is unfaltering until he realizes he has been used as a company pawn in a twisted plot and decides to strike back
Joe Clifford Faust, 1988
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Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family ...
In doing so, he provides us with an X-ray view of our new social reality. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dalton Conley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPANY MAN»

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Stick tapped him for winning that many times I refuse company man thank you sir can I have another. Kerr. Hey Good Morning America I'm Yuri ... «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
2
How the new Mercedes went from blank piece of paper to finished car
Mercedes' head of exterior design was the only company man on the launch of the new GLE sporting a ponytail. He wore a tailored suit over a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
3
Google Celebrates Japanese Special Effects Director Eiji Tsuburaya …
A loyal company man, Tsuburaya continued to work at Toho Studios until his death in 1970. Story First Published: July 07, 2015 10:29 IST. Japan Reactor ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon 2015: Nick Kyrgios says Bernard Tomic shouldn't have …
Ultimately I'm a company man and we've got to do what is right for the company and what is right for tennis. "We have a lot of money invested in ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Real Life – Living in a Facebook World
The disaster and restoration company man called back, and he has an air scrubber for rent, if only he can find someone to bring it by. Though ... «Positively Naperville, Jul 15»
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NFL Sunday: Is Goodell happy if Brady wins appeal in court?
But he put it company man for the patriots. And Tom Brown I mean how many times I mean I regret that the numbers yo all our. Portrayed Obi ... «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
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Subaru: The little car company that could
Doll is also the closest thing one will find to a company man in today's car business. He's been with Subaru since 1982 and has never worked ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
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Bill Stoneman is in it for short haul with Angels
Stoneman, company man to the core, loyal to the team he helped guide to the 2002 World Series championship, agreed. "Hopefully I have the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Countdown to Zero
This was Armstrong the company man, always his preferred persona, not Armstrong the adventurer. The highest purpose of education, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Daniel Cormier Wants To See Yoel Romero vs. Jacare Souza Next
An obvious company man, the AKA (American Kickboxing Academy) likes to keep an eye on the action, and he has got on board with the idea of Yoel Romero ... «LowKick MMA, Jul 15»

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