linkman noun4 •A man who acts as a link or connection.Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India. — 1997 •A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast. •A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid. •(historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light. formslinkmen