Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shantyman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shan-ty-man
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)

noun

A lumberjack

Canadian usage

Etymology

From shanty + -man.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

shantymen (plural)

Synonyms

chanteyman lumberjack logger

Questions

What does shantyman mean?
The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
Where does shantyman come from?
From shanty + -man.

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