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tramman

tramman noun: an elder tree.

Noun

tramman (plural trammans)

  1. (Isle of Man) An elder tree.
    • As above noted, the Blackbird was even a hundred years ago remarkably common in Man, and it is to-day an extremely abundant and widely-spread species, equally at home among the fuchsias and 'trammans' of a cottage garden […]1905, Pilcher George Ralfe, The birds of the Isle of Man, page 9
    • 'The old trammans at Ballakoig were cut down, and the fairies came every night to weep and lament.'1976, Margaret Killip, The folklore of the Isle of Man, page 36

Forms of tramman

pluraltrammans

Origin of tramman

From Manx tramman.

Questions about tramman

What does tramman mean?
Tramman means an elder tree.
What part of speech is tramman?
Tramman is a noun.
What is the plural of tramman?
The plural of tramman is trammans.

Words near tramman in the dictionary

  1. tramlines
  2. tramlining
  3. tramload
  4. tramloads
  5. trammage
  6. tramman
  7. trammans
  8. trammed
  9. trammel
  10. trammel of Archimedes
  11. trammel wheel

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