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tent-maker

tent-maker noun: someone who makes tents.

Noun

tent-maker (plural tent-makers)

  1. Someone who makes tents.
    • As far as Paul was concerned, the trade that met all these criteria was that of tent-maker (Acts 18: 3).2005, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Paul: His Story, page 29

Forms of tent-maker

pluraltent-makers

Origin of tent-maker

From tent + maker.

Questions about tent-maker

What does tent-maker mean?
Tent-maker means someone who makes tents.
What part of speech is tent-maker?
Tent-maker is a noun.
What is the plural of tent-maker?
The plural of tent-maker is tent-makers.

Words near tent-maker in the dictionary

  1. tent revivals
  2. tent rock
  3. tent rocks
  4. tent wine
  5. tent wines
  6. tent-maker
  7. tent-makers
  8. tent-pole
  9. tent-pole movie
  10. tent-pole movies
  11. tent-poles

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