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Plural of deadman

irregular plural

The plural of deadman is deadmen.

Forms of deadman

Singulardeadman
Pluraldeadmen
Countablecountable

Deadmen in a sentence

  • The building code requires deadmen for retaining walls.

Meaning of deadman

  1. noun A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays.
  2. noun A cutout device that operates in the event that an operator releases the control handles, leaves the operator's seat, or otherwise seems to be no longer present and alert.

Full definition of deadman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of deadman

What is the plural of deadman?
The plural of deadman is deadmen.
Is deadman countable?
Deadman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deadman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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