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merryman

merryman noun: a jester.

Noun

merryman (plural merrymen)

  1. A jester

Proper noun capitalized: Merryman

Merryman (plural Merrymans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of merryman

Noun
pluralmerrymen
Proper noun
pluralMerrymans

Origin of merryman

From merry + -man.

Questions about merryman

What does merryman mean?
Merryman means a jester.
What part of speech is merryman?
Merryman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of merryman?
The plural of merryman is merrymen.

Words near merryman in the dictionary

  1. merrymaker
  2. merrymakers
  3. merrymakes
  4. merrymaking
  5. merrymakings
  6. merryman
  7. Merrymans
  8. merrymeeting
  9. merrymeetings
  10. merrymen
  11. merrythought

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merryman (page history and authors); Merryman (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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