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shantymen

shantymen is the plural of shantyman.

Meaning of shantyman

Noun (1)

shantyman (plural shantymen)

  1. The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
    Synonyms:
    chanteyman

Noun (2)

shantyman (plural shantymen)

  1. (Canada) A lumberjack
    Synonyms:
    lumberjack, logger

Questions about shantymen

What is shantymen the plural of?
Shantymen is the plural of shantyman.

Words near shantymen in the dictionary

  1. shantyboy
  2. shantyboys
  3. shantying
  4. shantylike
  5. shantyman
  6. shantymen
  7. shantytown
  8. shantytowns
  9. Shantz
  10. Shantzes
  11. Shanwei

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shantymen (page history and authors); shantyman (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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