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laceman

laceman noun: a male dealer in lace.

Noun

laceman (plural lacemen)

  1. (dated) A male dealer in lace.
    • And to say the truth, there is, in all points, great difference between the reasonable passion which women at this age conceive towards men, and the idle and childish liking of a girl to a boy, which is often fixed on the outside only, and on things of little value and no duration; as on...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I

Forms of laceman

plurallacemen

Origin of laceman

From lace + -man.

Questions about laceman

What does laceman mean?
Laceman means a male dealer in lace.
What part of speech is laceman?
Laceman is a noun.
What is the plural of laceman?
The plural of laceman is lacemen.

Words near laceman in the dictionary

  1. laceless
  2. lacelike
  3. lacemaker
  4. lacemakers
  5. lacemaking
  6. laceman
  7. lacemen
  8. lacepod
  9. lacepods
  10. lacer
  11. lacerability

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