Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruddleman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rud-dle-man
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained

Example Sentences

"And little Rutlandshire is tearmed Raddleman."
"The traveller with the cart was a reddleman - a person whose vocation was to supply farmers with redding for their sheep."

Etymology

From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ruddle

Inflected Forms

ruddlemen (plural) raddleman (alternative) reddleman (alternative)

Questions

What does ruddleman mean?: Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained
Where does ruddleman come from?: From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

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