Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortarman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-tar-man
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who operates a mortar (weapon).

Example Sentences

"“We have seen in the last three months a significant improvement in the capability of mortarmen and rocketeers to provide accurate fire into the Green Zone and other places,” he said in Baghdad."

Etymology

From mortar + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mortar

Inflected Forms

mortarmen (plural)

Questions

What does mortarman mean?: A man who operates a mortar (weapon).
Where does mortarman come from?: From mortar + -man.

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