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mizzen

/ˈmɪ.zən/

mizzen noun: mizzenmast.

Noun

mizzen (plural mizzens)

  1. Mizzenmast.
  2. Mizzensail.
    • Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the...
    • "'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191

Adjective

mizzen (not comparable)

  1. Hindmost; nearest the stern.
    • the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

mizzen meaning in Tamil

mizzen in Tamil

பின்கோடிப் பாய்

Forms of mizzen

pluralmizzens
alternative formmizen
alternative formmissen

Origin of mizzen

From Middle English mesan, meseyn, myson, from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.

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Questions about mizzen

What does mizzen mean?
Mizzen means mizzenmast.
What is mizzen in Tamil?
Mizzen in Tamil is பின்கோடிப் பாய். See Mizzen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mizzen?
Mizzen can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mizzen?
Mizzen is pronounced /ˈmɪ.zən/.
What is the plural of mizzen?
The plural of mizzen is mizzens.

Words near mizzen in the dictionary

  1. Mizushima
  2. mizutaki
  3. mizz
  4. Mizzell
  5. Mizzells
  6. mizzen
  7. mizzen course
  8. mizzen courses
  9. mizzen top
  10. mizzen tops
  11. mizzen-mast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mizzen (page history and authors); mizzen (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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