pivot man

1. 1.

   the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

   Synonymspivot

   Broadermarcher

Questions about pivot man

What does pivot man mean?

pivot man means "the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver".

What is another word for pivot man?

Close synonyms include pivot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pivot man a common word?

pivot man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.