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runmen

runmen is the plural of runman.

Meaning of runman

Noun

runman (plural runmen)

  1. (historical) A deserter from a ship of war.
    • The problem became so acute that the American ships moved across the bay to Algeziras because the English commanders "have treated us with great indignity and protected runmen, or deserters and refused to give them up and anchored so close as a further inducement for them to swim to the English...1947, Bruce Grant, Isaac Hull, Captain of Old Ironsides

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What is runmen the plural of?
Runmen is the plural of runman.

Words near runmen in the dictionary

  1. runlet
  2. runlets
  3. runlevel
  4. runlevels
  5. runman
  6. runmen
  7. runn
  8. runn'st
  9. runnability
  10. runnable
  11. runned

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