union man

1. A man who during the American civil war was an adherent of the Federal union of the States, as opposed to the sece ion of the Southern States. 2. A member of a trades-union. "A committee of nine was appointed to meet at the Stock Exchange Building this morning, when it is probable a strike of all union - men at work on the building will be declared."-- Chicago Inter Ocean, Feb. 21, 1894. IMG:content-0160.png:[blocks in formation] union-pump, s. uni pelt at a Hydr.: A form of pump in which the engine and pump are united in the same frame. union-rustic, s. Entom .: A night-moth, Apamea connexa , having the fore wings pale bluish-gray, with two black streaks and two blotches, one brownish, the other brown-black. Not common.