"hellman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-hellman.ogg [Australia] Forms: hellmen [plural]
Etymology: From hell + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hell|man}} hell + man Head templates: {{en-noun|hellmen}} hellman (plural hellmen)
  1. (surfing, slang) A daredevil. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Surfing, People
    Sense id: en-hellman-en-noun-bjL7EJJJ Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
  2. Evil man; devil.
    Sense id: en-hellman-en-noun-T9yxJMvy

Inflected forms

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