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portsman

portsman is the alternative form of portman.

Meaning of portman

Noun

portman (plural portmen)

  1. A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.

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Noun capitalized: Portsman

Portsman (plural Portsmen)

  1. (historical) An inhabitant of a Cinque Port.

Forms of portsman

pluralportsmen
pluralPortsmen

Questions about portsman

What does portsman mean?
Portsman means an inhabitant of a Cinque Port.
What is portsman the alternative form of?
Portsman is the alternative form of portman.
What part of speech is portsman?
Portsman is a noun.
What is the plural of portsman?
The plural of portsman is portsmen.

Words near portsman in the dictionary

  1. portsides
  2. portsill
  3. portsills
  4. Portskewett
  5. Portslade
  6. portsman
  7. portsmen
  8. Portsmouth
  9. Portsmouth defence
  10. Portsoy
  11. Portstewart

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: portsman (page history and authors); Portsman (page history and authors); portman (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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