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Ostmen

Ostmen is the plural of Ostman.

Meaning of Ostman

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

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What is Ostmen the plural of?
Ostmen is the plural of Ostman.

Words near Ostmen in the dictionary

  1. ostlery
  2. Ostman
  3. Ostmans
  4. ostmark
  5. ostmarks
  6. Ostmen
  7. ostodolepid
  8. ostodolepids
  9. Ostoj
  10. ostomate
  11. ostomates

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