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thomasite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thom-a-site
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the group of American teachers sent to the Philippines in 1901, or arriving in the first few years on the American Colonial Period of the Philippines.

noun

A Christadelphian.

Etymology

From Thomas + -ite, after the USAT Thomas transport ship on which they travelled.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Thomasites (plural)

Questions

What does thomasite mean?
Any of the group of American teachers sent to the Philippines in 1901, or arriving in the first few years on the American Colonial Period of the Philippines.
Where does thomasite come from?
From Thomas + -ite, after the USAT Thomas transport ship on which they travelled.

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