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submen

submen is the plural of subman.

Meaning of subman

Noun

subman (plural submen)

  1. 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

Questions about submen

What is submen the plural of?
Submen is the plural of subman.

Words near submen in the dictionary

  1. submembranal
  2. submembrane
  3. submembraneous
  4. submembranous
  5. submembranously
  6. submen
  7. submendelian
  8. submeningeal
  9. submeningeally
  10. submenta
  11. submental

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