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sickmen

sickmen is the plural of sickman.

Meaning of sickman

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

Questions about sickmen

What is sickmen the plural of?
Sickmen is the plural of sickman.

Words near sickmen in the dictionary

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

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