tallyman

noun4

1. •
   A person who keeps a tally of something.

   • Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter. — 1960
2. •
   (Ireland) A counting agent; typically one who is a man.
3. •
   A man who conducts the tally trade.
4. •
   (informal, no longer used) A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.

   • The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon. — 1890