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merpeople

merpeople is the plural of merperson.

Meaning of merperson

Noun

merperson (plural merpersons or merpeople)

  1. A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.

Origin of merpeople

From mer- + people.

Questions about merpeople

What is merpeople the plural of?
Merpeople is the plural of merperson.

Words near merpeople in the dictionary

  1. merozygotes
  2. Meroë
  3. merparent
  4. merparents
  5. merpentan
  6. merpeople
  7. merperson
  8. merpersons
  9. merprince
  10. merprinces
  11. merprincess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merpeople (page history and authors); merperson (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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