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thresherman

thresherman noun: a male thresher, who beats the grain manually on a threshing floor.

Noun

thresherman (plural threshermen)

  1. (historical) A male thresher, who beats the grain manually on a threshing floor.
  2. (historical) The operator of a mechanical thresher (a threshing machine).
  3. (historical) The owner-operator of a mechanical thresher, operating as a threshing business.

Forms of thresherman

pluralthreshermen

Origin of thresherman

From thresher + -man.

Questions about thresherman

What does thresherman mean?
Thresherman means a male thresher, who beats the grain manually on a threshing floor.
What part of speech is thresherman?
Thresherman is a noun.
What is the plural of thresherman?
The plural of thresherman is threshermen.

Words near thresherman in the dictionary

  1. threshel
  2. threshels
  3. thresher
  4. thresher shark
  5. thresher sharks
  6. thresherman
  7. threshermen
  8. threshers
  9. threshes
  10. threshes out
  11. threshhold

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