subman
subman noun: a subhuman; a creature that is less than a man.
Noun
subman (plural submen)
- A subhuman; a creature that is less than a man.
- We may imagine these submen hunting along the banks of the well-wooded rivers of those long ages of mitigation, camping under a windbreak of boughs at the edge of the wood, occasionally settling down for a spell (as we know from sites whose accumulated debris testifies to long occupation), stalking...1926, Frederick Soddy, Science and Life, page 492
Forms of subman
| plural | submen |
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Origin of subman
From sub- + man.
Questions about subman
- What does subman mean?
- Subman means a subhuman; a creature that is less than a man.
- What part of speech is subman?
- Subman is a noun.
- What is the plural of subman?
- The plural of subman is submen.
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