Definition of "roadmaker"
roadmaker
noun
plural roadmakers
Someone who or something that builds roads.
Quotations
"Thank you for the compliment, your Reverence," he replied, construing the delicate innuendo in a favourable sense' "sure every one, high and low, knows Andy Spain, the roadmaker, after his forty years on the highway, since I was a gossoon helpin' my father, who was a roadmaker before me. Bedad, I am a well-known character, and no mistake."
1912, Joseph Guinan, The Curate of Kilcloon, page 90
(figurative) An innovator; a trailblazer; a pioneer.
Quotations
Among other troublesome questions, it is difficult to make up your mind exactly what can be the qualities which distinguish a "roadmaker" from an ordinary writer. Would you call Shelley a '"roadmaker," " or Donne?
1927, “Reviews: Thomas Carlyle, by Mary Agnes Hamilton”, in Education Outlook, volume 79, page 297