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green men

green men is the plural of green man.

Meaning of green man

Noun

green man (plural green men)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A small figure of a walking man illuminated in green on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road.
  2. In performances and pageants, a character adorned in foliage often carrying a club, who represents a wild man of the woods.

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Proper noun capitalized: Green Men

Green Men

  1. (plural) plural of Green Man

Questions about green men

What is green men the plural of?
Green men is the plural of green man.
What part of speech is green men?
Green men is a proper noun.

Words near green men in the dictionary

  1. green martyrdoms
  2. green meat
  3. green meats
  4. green Mediterranean diet
  5. green Mediterranean diets
  6. green men
  7. green message
  8. Green Miao
  9. green milk
  10. green mineral
  11. green minerals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: green men (page history and authors); Green Men (page history and authors); green man (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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