"kirkman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kirkmen [plural]
Etymology: kirk + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|kirk|man}} kirk + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|kirkmen}} kirkman (plural kirkmen)
  1. (Scotland) A clergyman or officer in a kirk. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-kirkman-en-noun-3A4iRTCU Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Scotland) A member of the Church of Scotland. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-kirkman-en-noun-iWSHu4mP Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: churchman

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kirkman meaning in English (1.9kB)

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