Merman

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

    "The meer man hath no feet but fins And this hath legs you see and shins."

  2. 2
    half man and half fish; lives in the sea wordnet

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Example

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"Mary has a written a new play called "The Little Merman" and hopes that Tom will star in it."

Etymology

From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).

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