Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mastman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mast-man
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast

Example Sentences

"“I just said to the boys that when Australia won in Newport, they were 3-1 down, and we all know what happened there,” said Matt Mason, Team New Zealand’s mastman."

Etymology

From mast + -man.

Inflected Forms

mastmen (plural) mast man (alternative)

Questions

What does mastman mean?: A sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast
Where does mastman come from?: From mast + -man.

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