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sickman

sickman noun: a person who is unwell or incapacitated.

Noun

sickman (plural sickmen)

  1. (India) A person who is unwell or incapacitated.
    • Generally the entrails of big animals are kept suspended at full length by means of strong ropes and a stick is taken to point out, to the friends of a sickman or an inquirer, the particular sign of recovery or of death which is indicated by peculiar marks in the entrails of the slain animal.1896, Journal of the Buddhist Text Society of India, volume 4, page 3
    • Mody K. Marak who is more than seventy is a sickman. He is very slow in the disposal of business.1976, V. Venkata Rao, A Century of Tribal Politics in North East India, 1874-1974, page 256

Forms of sickman

pluralsickmen

Origin of sickman

From the English phrase sick man, adopted into sepoy patois.

Questions about sickman

What does sickman mean?
Sickman means a person who is unwell or incapacitated.
What part of speech is sickman?
Sickman is a noun.
What is the plural of sickman?
The plural of sickman is sickmen.

Words near sickman in the dictionary

  1. sicklists
  2. sickly
  3. sickly sweet
  4. sickly-sweet
  5. sicklying
  6. sickman
  7. sickmen
  8. sicknes
  9. sickneses
  10. sickness
  11. sickness bag

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