Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cunning man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: cun-ning -man
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wise man or wizard; a magician.

Example Sentences

"Magical healing […] was the business of the cunning man, to whom the sufferer would have recourse and to whom he would normally be expected to make some form of payment."

Inflected Forms

cunning men (plural)

Phrases

cunning woman

Frequently Paired Words

cunning woman

Questions

What does cunning man mean?: A wise man or wizard; a magician.

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