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cragsmen

Syllables: crags·menUK/ˈkɹæɡzmɛn/US/ˈkɹæɡzˌmɛn/

cragsmen is the plural of cragsman.

Meaning of cragsman

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...

Origin of cragsmen

From cragsman + -men.

Questions about cragsmen

What is cragsmen the plural of?
Cragsmen is the plural of cragsman.
How do you pronounce cragsmen?
Cragsmen is pronounced /ˈkɹæɡzmɛn/ (UK).

Words near cragsmen in the dictionary

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

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