Definition of "fieldman"

fieldman

/fiːldmən/

noun
plural fieldmen
1. (now rare) An agricultural labourer.
2. (cricket) A fielder.
3. An employee who works in the field rather than at at office; a field agent.
  Quotations
  ‘Westerby was the stick that poked the fire,’ he declared curtly, ending the silence. ‘Any fieldman would have done as well, some a damn sight better.’
  1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 5