Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hospitalman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hos-pi-tal-man
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seaman who is also a hospital corpsman.

American usage

Etymology

From hospital + -man. Piecewise doublet of hotelman.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hospitalmen (plural) HN (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

HM

Questions

What does hospitalman mean?
A seaman who is also a hospital corpsman.
Where does hospitalman come from?
From hospital + -man. Piecewise doublet of hotelman.

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