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squarejawed

squarejawed is the alternative form of square-jawed.

Meaning of square-jawed

Adjective

square-jawed (not comparable)

  1. Having a square jaw.
    • The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos...1847, “The Wellington Statue”, in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., London, page 523, column 2

Questions about squarejawed

What is squarejawed the alternative form of?
Squarejawed is the alternative form of square-jawed.

Words near squarejawed in the dictionary

  1. squareful
  2. squaregraph
  3. squaregraphs
  4. squarehead
  5. squareheads
  6. squarejawed
  7. squareless
  8. squarelike
  9. squarely
  10. squareman
  11. squaremen

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