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elf-man

elf-man noun: an adult male elf.

Noun

elf-man (plural elf-men)

  1. An adult male elf.
    • The wick and elf-men were, from the very character of their country, Wikingers, a hardy and stubborn race, who lived by the sea, and bore no good reputation.1845, Eric Gustave Geijer, The History of the Swedes, London: Whittaker and Co., page 17, column 2
    • Here the woman learned that the Elf-wife could not be delivered without the aid of a Christian woman, she being herself a Christian, but had been carried off by the Elf-man.1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume II, London: Edward Lumley, page 128

Forms of elf-man

pluralelf-men

Questions about elf-man

What does elf-man mean?
Elf-man means an adult male elf.
What part of speech is elf-man?
Elf-man is a noun.
What is the plural of elf-man?
The plural of elf-man is elf-men.

Words near elf-man in the dictionary

  1. elf-light
  2. elf-maid
  3. elf-maiden
  4. elf-maidens
  5. elf-maids
  6. elf-man
  7. elf-men
  8. elf-queen
  9. elf-queens
  10. elf-shot
  11. elf-shots

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