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talesman

talesman noun: the (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.

Noun (1)

talesman (plural talesmen)

  1. (obsolete) The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.

Noun (2)

talesman (plural talesmen)

  1. Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.

talesman meaning in Tamil

talesman in Tamil

அழைப்பாயர்

Forms of talesman

pluraltalesmen

Origin of talesman

From tale + -s- + man.

From tales + man.

Questions about talesman

What does talesman mean?
Talesman means the (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.
What is talesman in Tamil?
Talesman in Tamil is அழைப்பாயர். See Talesman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is talesman?
Talesman is a noun.
What is the plural of talesman?
The plural of talesman is talesmen.

Words near talesman in the dictionary

  1. talerschwingen
  2. talerschwingens
  3. tales
  4. tales of woe
  5. talesim
  6. talesman
  7. talesmen
  8. taleteller
  9. taletellers
  10. taletelling
  11. taletellings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talesman (page history and authors); talesman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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