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elderman

elderman noun: a male elder (leader of tribe or community).

Noun

elderman (plural eldermen)

  1. A male elder (leader of tribe or community).
    • Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21

Forms of elderman

pluraleldermen

Questions about elderman

What does elderman mean?
Elderman means a male elder (leader of tribe or community).
What part of speech is elderman?
Elderman is a noun.
What is the plural of elderman?
The plural of elderman is eldermen.

Words near elderman in the dictionary

  1. elderlies
  2. elderliness
  3. elderly
  4. elderly care
  5. elderlyness
  6. elderman
  7. eldermen
  8. eldermother
  9. eldermothers
  10. eldern
  11. elderne gun

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