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"text": "China + -man → Chinaman",
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"Someone (possibly implied male) who has a particular nationality."
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"word": "bogeyman"
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"word": "committeeman"
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"text": "Guinea + -man → Guineaman (“ship of the West African slave trade”)",
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"text": "East India + -man → East Indiaman",
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{
"text": "merchant + -man → merchantman",
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},
{
"text": "Greenland + -man → Greenlandman (“a whaling ship”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "China + -man → Chinaman (“sailing ship engaged in the Old China Trade”)",
"type": "example"
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"A ship which has special characteristics relating to a trade or area."
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"word": "lawman"
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{
"word": "newsman"
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{
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"Someone (possibly implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area."
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"text": "free + -man → freeman",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "ice + -man → iceman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "super + -man → superman",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Someone (possibly implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area."
],
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"morpheme"
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"text": "Scots + -man → Scotsman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Dutch + -man → Dutchman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "China + -man → Chinaman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Yorkshire + -man → Yorkshireman",
"type": "example"
}
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"Someone (possibly implied male) who has a particular nationality."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
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"text": "H + -man → H-man (“man whose name starts with H, e.g. Harry”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "J + -man → J-man (“man whose name starts with an J”)",
"type": "example"
}
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"A man whose name begins with the preceding letter."
],
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"morpheme"
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"examples": [
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"text": "Guinea + -man → Guineaman (“ship of the West African slave trade”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "East India + -man → East Indiaman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "merchant + -man → merchantman",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Greenland + -man → Greenlandman (“a whaling ship”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "China + -man → Chinaman (“sailing ship engaged in the Old China Trade”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A ship which has special characteristics relating to a trade or area."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
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}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/mən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mæn/"
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"word": "-man"
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