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supermen

supermen is the plural of superman.

Meaning of superman

Noun

superman (plural supermen)

  1. An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch; (loosely), a man of extraordinary powers.
    • Nietzsche wrote of the coming of the superman.
  2. Someone likened to the comics character Superman; a man of seemingly superhuman powers.
    • By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...].1941 December, Kenneth Brown, “The Newmarket & Chesterford Railway—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 533

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Proper noun capitalized: Supermen

Supermen

  1. (plural) plural of Superman

Noun capitalized: Supermen

Supermen

  1. (plural) plural of Superman

Questions about supermen

What is supermen the plural of?
Supermen is the plural of superman.
What part of speech is supermen?
Supermen can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near supermen in the dictionary

  1. supermeasures
  2. supermedial
  3. supermelodic
  4. supermembrane
  5. supermembranes
  6. supermen
  7. supermesh
  8. supermeshes
  9. supermetaphor
  10. supermetaphors
  11. supermetastatic

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