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foretopmen

foretopmen is the plural of foretopman.

Meaning of foretopman

Noun

foretopman (plural foretopmen)

  1. A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
    • It was a warm night for the latitude; and the Foretopman, whose watch at the time was properly below, was dozing on the uppermost deck whither he had ascended from his hot hammock1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Questions about foretopmen

What is foretopmen the plural of?
Foretopmen is the plural of foretopman.

Words near foretopmen in the dictionary

  1. foretop
  2. foretopgallant
  3. foretopman
  4. foretopmast
  5. foretopmasts
  6. foretopmen
  7. foretops
  8. foretopsail
  9. foretopsails
  10. foretossed
  11. foretouch

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