sideman

From side + -man.

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sideman (plural sidemen)

1. (music) A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member.
2. (MLE, derogatory) Somebody who is unimportant or irrelevant.
   • 2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:

     I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

   • 2019, “Love Me Not” (track 8), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:

     She told me she loved me, I was like when?
     Treated me like a sideman back then

• Eidmans, Maidens, Mandies, Medians, Seidman, demains, maenids, maidens, mandies, medians, medinas, meidans