wiseman
wiseman is the obsolete form of wise man.
Meaning of wise man
Noun
wise man (plural wise men)
- A man who is wise.
- That is the reason, why some say, that the wiseman liveth as long as he ought, and not so long as he can.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- A man who is a sage or seer.
- Steady old Väinämöinen / the everlasting wise man [translating tietäjä] / was driving along his roads / pacing out his ways / in those glades of Väinö-land / on the Kalevala heaths.1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section III
- A magus or wizard, now especially one of the three biblical magi.
- Some of the other charms employed by the wise men had a more tangled pedigree.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 174
Proper noun capitalized: Wiseman
Wiseman (countable and uncountable, plural Wisemans)
- A surname.
- A village in Alaska, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
Forms of wiseman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wisemen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wisemans |
Words formed from wiseman
Questions about wiseman
- What does wiseman mean?
- Wiseman means a surname.
- What is wiseman the obsolete form of?
- Wiseman is the obsolete form of wise man.
- What part of speech is wiseman?
- Wiseman is a proper noun.
Words near wiseman in the dictionary
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