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wordsman

wordsman noun: a man who is a wordsmith.

Noun

wordsman (plural wordsmen)

  1. A man who is a wordsmith.
    • This was the document which at long last defined the problem that had long nagged at the serge-clad shoulders of a score of wordsmen.2003, Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 39
  2. (archaic) One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.
    • Nor does it make any the least difference, except with some speculative wordsman, grubbing under space and time, whether death and prey and other like consequences of sin began to work, before the arrival here of man, or only after.1858, Horace Bushnell, Nature and the Supernatural

Synonyms of wordsman

Forms of wordsman

pluralwordsmen

Origin of wordsman

From words + -man.

Words formed from wordsman

Questions about wordsman

What does wordsman mean?
Wordsman means a man who is a wordsmith.
What part of speech is wordsman?
Wordsman is a noun.
What is the plural of wordsman?
The plural of wordsman is wordsmen.

Words near wordsman in the dictionary

  1. wordshaping
  2. wordship
  3. wordsize
  4. wordsizes
  5. Wordsley
  6. wordsman
  7. wordsmanship
  8. wordsmen
  9. wordsmith
  10. wordsmithed
  11. wordsmithery

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