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Ostman

Ostman noun: one of the Danish settlers in Ireland.

Noun

Ostman (plural Ostmen)

  1. (archaic, historical) One of the Danish settlers in Ireland.
    • Reginald Macgillemory, an Ostman of great power in that county, and who had lands on the coast adjoining to the city, […]1767, George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, page 337

Proper noun

Ostman (plural Ostmans)

  1. A surname from Swedish.

Forms of Ostman

Noun
pluralOstmen
Proper noun
pluralOstmans

Origin of Ostman

See east and man.

Borrowed from Swedish Östman.

Questions about Ostman

What does Ostman mean?
Ostman means one of the Danish settlers in Ireland.
What part of speech is Ostman?
Ostman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Ostman?
The plural of Ostman is Ostmen.

Words near Ostman in the dictionary

  1. ostleress
  2. ostleresses
  3. ostleries
  4. ostlers
  5. ostlery
  6. Ostman
  7. Ostmans
  8. ostmark
  9. ostmarks
  10. Ostmen
  11. ostodolepid

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