Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latchman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: latch-man
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

A person employed to run in front of a locomotive and open the latch to turn it into a siding for trams to pass.

Etymology

latch + -man

Word Breakdown

Suffix: latch

Inflected Forms

Latchmans (plural) latchmen (plural)

Questions

What does latchman mean?: A surname.
Where does latchman come from?: latch + -man

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