name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dodman
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdmən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈdɑdmən/
noun
Meaning 2
A land-based snail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A snail's shell.
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Usage: East-Anglia, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 5
A surveyor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia, dialectal, rare
Qualifier: possibly erroneous
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History
Etymology
Possibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) + -man, in the sense of a creature carrying a hill on its back. The word dod is from dod (“to clip, cut or lop off”), from Middle English dodden (“to shave, shear; to trim (a plant); to poll (cattle); to cut off (someone's head)”), from dod, dodde (“measure of grain”), from Old English. The surveyor sense appears to be based on a misconception by English amateur archaeologist and author Alfred Watkins (1855–1935) in his book The Old Straight Track (1925).