name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
tinman
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/ˈɪnmən/
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US: /ˈtɪn.mæn/
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CMU ARPABET: T IH1 N M AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A maker of tinware; a tinsmith.
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noun
Meaning 3
A dealer in tinware.
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noun
Meaning 4
An uncaring or heartless man; a man lacking, or seeming to lack, feelings, emotions, or concern for others.
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noun
Meaning 5
A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology
From tin + -man.
In allusion to the character Tin Man from the Land of Oz, who lacked a heart.