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talesman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tales-man
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.

Obsolete

noun

Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tale English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English talesman From tale + -s- + man.

Usage

Inflected Forms

talesmen (plural)

Questions

What does talesman mean?
The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.
Where does talesman come from?
Etymology tree English tale English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English talesman From tale + -s- + man.

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