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ranselman

ranselman is the alternative form of rancelman.

Meaning of rancelman

Noun

rancelman (plural rancelmen)

  1. (historical) A kind of constable in Orkney and Shetland, responsible for investigating minor crimes.
    Synonyms:
    rancellor

Forms of ranselman

pluralranselmen

Questions about ranselman

What is ranselman the alternative form of?
Ranselman is the alternative form of rancelman.

Words near ranselman in the dictionary

  1. ransacks
  2. Ransbottom
  3. Ransbottoms
  4. Ransdell
  5. Ransdells
  6. ranselman
  7. ranselmen
  8. ranseur
  9. ranseurs
  10. ransinga
  11. ransingas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ranselman (page history and authors); rancelman (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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