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colourmen

colourmen is the plural of colourman.

Meaning of colourman

Noun

colourman (plural colourmen)

  1. A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.
    • The Least, my Colourman will run away with, is fifty pounds per annum; my house with taxes stand me at least in Seventy […].1791, Henry Fuseli, edited by David H. Weinglass, Collected English Letters of Henry Fuseli, Kraus International, published 1982, page 73
  2. (UK) A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis, etc., on a given news or sports event.

Questions about colourmen

What is colourmen the plural of?
Colourmen is the plural of colourman.

Words near colourmen in the dictionary

  1. colourmaker
  2. colourmakers
  3. colourman
  4. colourmap
  5. colourmaps
  6. colourmen
  7. colourology
  8. colourous
  9. colourphobia
  10. colourpoint
  11. Colourpoint Persian

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