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Someone (possibly implied male) who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- horse + -man → horseman
- sports + -man → sportsman
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Someone (possibly implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- law + -man → lawman
- news + -man → newsman
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Someone (possibly implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- free + -man → freeman
- ice + -man → iceman
- super + -man → superman
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Someone (possibly implied male) who has a particular nationality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- Scots + -man → Scotsman
- Dutch + -man → Dutchman
- China + -man → Chinaman
- Yorkshire + -man → Yorkshireman
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A man whose name begins with the preceding letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- H + -man → H-man (“man whose name starts with H, e.g. Harry”)
- J + -man → J-man (“man whose name starts with an J”)
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A ship which has special characteristics relating to a trade or area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- Guinea + -man → Guineaman (“ship of the West African slave trade”)
- East India + -man → East Indiaman
- merchant + -man → merchantman
- Greenland + -man → Greenlandman (“a whaling ship”)
- China + -man → Chinaman (“sailing ship engaged in the Old China Trade”)
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man From Middle English -man, from the noun man.