Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

libertyman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lib-er-ty-man
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sailor who is granted shore leave.

Example Sentences

"1888, Rudyard Kipling, Only a Subaltern https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Under_the_Deodars/Only_a_Subaltern With these counsels, and many others equally valuable, did Papa Wick fortify Bobby ere that last awful night at Portsmouth when the Officers' Quarters held more inmates than were provided for by the Regulations, and the libertymen of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle raged long and loud from the Dockyard Gates even to the slums of Longport, while the drabs of Fratton came down and scratched the faces of the Queen's Officers."

Etymology

liberty + -man

Word Breakdown

Suffix: liberty

Inflected Forms

libertymen (plural)

Questions

What does libertyman mean?: A sailor who is granted shore leave.
Where does libertyman come from?: liberty + -man

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