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destroyerman

destroyerman noun: a sailor engaged on a destroyer.

Noun

destroyerman (plural destroyermen)

  1. A sailor engaged on a destroyer.
    • Destroyermen, sure-footed, they swung aboard expertly.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 23

Forms of destroyerman

pluraldestroyermen

Origin of destroyerman

From destroyer + -man.

Questions about destroyerman

What does destroyerman mean?
Destroyerman means a sailor engaged on a destroyer.
What part of speech is destroyerman?
Destroyerman is a noun.
What is the plural of destroyerman?
The plural of destroyerman is destroyermen.

Words near destroyerman in the dictionary

  1. destroyer escorts
  2. destroyer leader
  3. destroyer leaders
  4. destroyer minesweeper
  5. destroyer minesweepers
  6. destroyerman
  7. destroyermen
  8. destroyers
  9. destroyest
  10. destroyeth
  11. destroyin'

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