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shireman

shireman noun: a sheriff.

Noun

shireman (plural shiremen)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A sheriff.

Proper noun capitalized: Shireman

Shireman (plural Shiremans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of shireman

Noun
pluralshiremen
Proper noun
pluralShiremans

Origin of shireman

From shire + -man.

Possibly from shire + -man.

Questions about shireman

What does shireman mean?
Shireman means a sheriff.
What part of speech is shireman?
Shireman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shireman?
The plural of shireman is shiremen.

Words near shireman in the dictionary

  1. shire-reeves
  2. Shirebrook
  3. shired
  4. Shireen
  5. Shirehampton
  6. shireman
  7. Shiremans
  8. shiremen
  9. Shiremoor
  10. shiremoot
  11. shiremoots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shireman (page history and authors); Shireman (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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