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sekiwakes

sekiwakes is the plural of sekiwake.

Meaning of sekiwake

Noun

sekiwake (plural sekiwake or sekiwakes)

  1. A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.
    • The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. […] After him in standing come the ozekis, or champions; the sekiwakes, or junior champions; […]1965, Myra Waldo, “Japan”, in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157

Questions about sekiwakes

What is sekiwakes the plural of?
Sekiwakes is the plural of sekiwake.

Words near sekiwakes in the dictionary

  1. sekihan
  2. sekikaic acid
  3. sekitori
  4. sekitoris
  5. sekiwake
  6. sekiwakes
  7. Sekmai
  8. sekoi
  9. Sekondi
  10. Sekondi-Takoradi
  11. sekos

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