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caman

/ˈkamən/

caman noun: synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”). Also the archaic form of caiman.

Noun

caman (plural camans)

  1. Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).
    • —One of the Crokes made a woeful wipe at him one time with his caman and I declare to God he was within an aim’s ace of getting it at the side of his temple.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    shinty

Also used as

caman is also the archaic form of caiman.

Synonyms of caman

Forms of caman

pluralcamans

Origin of caman

Borrowed from Irish camán.

Alternative forms.

Questions about caman

What does caman mean?
Caman means synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).
What part of speech is caman?
Caman is a noun.
How do you pronounce caman?
Caman is pronounced /ˈkamən/.
What is the plural of caman?
The plural of caman is camans.

Words near caman in the dictionary

  1. Camaligan
  2. camallanid
  3. camallanids
  4. camalote
  5. Camambugan
  6. caman
  7. camanachd
  8. camanachds
  9. Camanang
  10. camanchaca
  11. camanchacas

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