"leatherhead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: leatherheads [plural]
Etymology: leather + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|leather|head}} leather + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} leatherhead (plural leatherheads)
  1. The friarbird. Categories (lifeform): Honeyeaters
    Sense id: en-leatherhead-en-noun-XgvaPvN0 Disambiguation of Honeyeaters: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32
  2. (slang, obsolete) A city watchman who wore a leather helmet. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-leatherhead-en-noun-BiCxIb0i

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for leatherhead meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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