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wakeman

/wˈeɪkmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
wake-man
IPA
/wˈeɪkmən/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

A watchman

Archaic

noun

A man employed to preside over a nightly curfew in the city of Ripon, England.

British usage

Etymology

From wake + -man.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wakemans (plural) wakemen (plural)

Rhymes With

aikman brakeman blakeman lakeman

Questions

How do you pronounce wakeman?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈeɪkmən/.
What does wakeman mean?
A surname.
Where does wakeman come from?
From wake + -man.

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