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truceman

truceman is the alternative form of truchman.

Meaning of truchman

Noun

truchman (plural truchmen)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of interpreter.
    • He laboured to make them all understand this discourse, using his interpreters and truchmen. The which being understoode by the King and the other Mexicane Lords, they were wonderfully well satisfied, and shewed great signes of love to Cortes and his company.1604, Edward Grimston (translator), The Natural and Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta (1590), edited by Clements Markham, London: Hakluyt Society, 1853, Volume II, Book 7, Chapter 25, p....
    Synonyms:
    interpreter

Forms of truceman

pluraltrucemen

Questions about truceman

What is truceman the alternative form of?
Truceman is the alternative form of truchman.

Words near truceman in the dictionary

  1. trucelessly
  2. trucels
  3. trucemaker
  4. trucemakers
  5. trucemaking
  6. truceman
  7. trucemen
  8. trucer
  9. trucers
  10. truces
  11. truch-man

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