Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cakeman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cake-man
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who sells cakes.

Example Sentences

"But they often reported cases of other boys being caned or birched for offences such as buying from 'a cakeman who came without Mr Wickham's leave', making a noise in the dormitory or 'stealing three pears and a few medlars […]"

Etymology

From cake + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cake

Inflected Forms

cakemen (plural)

Questions

What does cakeman mean?: A man who sells cakes.
Where does cakeman come from?: From cake + -man.

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