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cragsman

Syllables: crags·man/ˈkɹæɡzmən/US/ˈkɹæɡzˌmɛn/

cragsman noun: a (skillful) male climber of crags.

Noun

cragsman (plural cragsmen)

  1. A (skillful) male climber of crags.
    • Francie o'Fowlsheugh, and he was the best craigsman that ever speel'd heugh, (mair by token, he brake his neck upon the Dunbuy of Slaines,) wadua hae ventured upon the Halket-head craigs after sun-down— […]1816, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page...
    • Meanwhile I had become a daring cragsman, a character to which an English lad has seldom opportunities of aspiring; for in England there are neither crags nor mountains.1851, George Borrow, chapter VIII, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume I, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 109

cragsman meaning in Kannada

cragsman in Kannada

ಶಿಲಾರೋಹಿ

Examples of cragsman in a sentence

  • A boyhood spent on the cliffs at Kirkcaple had made me a bold cragsman, and the porphyry of the Rooirand clearly gave excellent holds.1910, John Buchan, “My Journey to the Winter-veld”, in Prester John, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons, →OCLC, page 86:
  • A skilled cragsman himself, he told his officers that he believed that a determined party of Gurkhas and other experienced climbers could reach the enemy by this route.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia, London: Folio Society, published 2010, →OCLC, page 424:
  • The cragsman was dragging a yearling kid by its hind leg.2007 October 16, J[ulie] V[ictoria] Jones, A Sword from Red Ice (Sword of Shadows; 3), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN:

Forms of cragsman

pluralcragsmen

Origin of cragsman

From crag (“rocky outcrop; rugged steep rock or cliff”) + -s- (genitival interfix equivalent to -’s) + -man.

Questions about cragsman

What does cragsman mean?
Cragsman means a (skillful) male climber of crags.
What is cragsman in Kannada?
Cragsman in Kannada is ಶಿಲಾರೋಹಿ. See Cragsman meaning in Kannada.
How do you use cragsman in a sentence?
A boyhood spent on the cliffs at Kirkcaple had made me a bold cragsman, and the porphyry of the Rooirand clearly gave excellent holds.
What part of speech is cragsman?
Cragsman is a noun.
How do you pronounce cragsman?
Cragsman is pronounced /ˈkɹæɡzmən/ (UK).
What is the plural of cragsman?
The plural of cragsman is cragsmen.

Words near cragsman in the dictionary

  1. craglike
  2. Crago
  3. Cragos
  4. crags
  5. cragside
  6. cragsman
  7. cragsmanship
  8. cragsmen
  9. cragswoman
  10. cragswomen
  11. Cragun

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