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loresman

loresman noun: an instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.

Noun

loresman (plural loresmen)

  1. (archaic) An instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.
    • An academician or other learned person who is the student of a particular discipline; a loresman.1999, Lewis Turco, The book of literary terms
    • A whittler of course, and volunteer fireman, a loresman of stone and all the materials of Nature, beech and maple, elm and ash, and all the secret, invisible grains of the human heart.2010, Stanley Elkin, George Mills

Forms of loresman

pluralloresmen

Origin of loresman

From Middle English loresman, equivalent to lore + -s- + man.

Questions about loresman

What does loresman mean?
Loresman means an instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.
What part of speech is loresman?
Loresman is a noun.
What is the plural of loresman?
The plural of loresman is loresmen.

Words near loresman in the dictionary

  1. Lorenzini
  2. Lorenzinis
  3. Lorenzis
  4. Lorenzo
  5. lores
  6. loresman
  7. loresmen
  8. Lorestan
  9. Loreto
  10. Lorett
  11. Loretta

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