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sightsman

sightsman noun: a sight-reader.

Noun

sightsman (plural sightsmen)

  1. (dated) A sight-reader.
    • […] indeed the lessons are evidently the production of a man who either never knew, or has forgotten, the elementary steps and helps necessary to make the future sightsman.1842, The Musical World, volume 17, page 268

Forms of sightsman

pluralsightsmen

Origin of sightsman

From sight + -s- + man.

Questions about sightsman

What does sightsman mean?
Sightsman means a sight-reader.
What part of speech is sightsman?
Sightsman is a noun.
What is the plural of sightsman?
The plural of sightsman is sightsmen.

Words near sightsman in the dictionary

  1. sightseeings
  2. sightseen
  3. sightseer
  4. sightseers
  5. sightsees
  6. sightsman
  7. sightsmen
  8. sightwise
  9. sightworthy
  10. sigil
  11. sigilic

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