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chanteyman

chanteyman is the alternative form of shantyman.

Meaning of shantyman

Noun (1)

shantyman (plural shantymen)

  1. The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
    Synonyms:
    chanteyman

Noun (2)

shantyman (plural shantymen)

  1. (Canada) A lumberjack
    Synonyms:
    lumberjack, logger

Forms of chanteyman

pluralchanteymen

Questions about chanteyman

What is chanteyman the alternative form of?
Chanteyman is the alternative form of shantyman.

Words near chanteyman in the dictionary

  1. chanteur
  2. chanteurs
  3. chanteuse
  4. chanteuses
  5. chantey
  6. chanteyman
  7. chanteymen
  8. chanteys
  9. Chanthaburi
  10. Chanthaburi Khmer
  11. Chanthavong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chanteyman (page history and authors); shantyman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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