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eldermen

eldermen is the plural of elderman.

Meaning of elderman

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

Questions about eldermen

What is eldermen the plural of?
Eldermen is the plural of elderman.

Words near eldermen in the dictionary

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

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