FIRMAN

Definition: FIRMAN

FIRMAN

Noun

1. In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "FIRMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Command	Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).
Permission	Permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: FIRMAN

English words defined with "FIRMAN": Firmans. (references)

Non-English Usage: "FIRMAN" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Indonesian (commandment, saying).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Shahi Firman (1931)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"FIRMAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "FIRMAN" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	60%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "FIRMAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Firman	Last name	200	32,024
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "FIRMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Turkish		ferman (decree, edict, imperial order, ordinance, rescript, writ). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "FIRMAN": firmans. (additional references)
	Words containing "FIRMAN": affirmance, affirmances, confirmand, confirmands, disaffirmance, disaffirmances. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FIRMAN" (pronounced fer"mun)
4	-er" m u n	determine, Ermine, german, predetermine, sermon.
3	-m u n	abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-i-m-n-r"
	-1 letter: inarm, infra.
	-2 letters: airn, amin, amir, fain, fair, farm, fiar, firm, firn, main, mair, mina, naif, rain, rami, rani.
	-3 letters: aim, ain, air, ami, ani, arf, arm, fan, far, fin, fir, man, mar, mir, nam, nim, ram, ran, ria, rif, rim, rin.
	-4 letters: ai, am, an, ar, fa, if, in, ma, mi, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-i-m-n-r"
	+1 letter: farming, finmark, fireman, firmans, framing.
	+2 letters: farmings, finmarks, finnmark, foramina, formalin, framings, francium, inflamer, informal, janiform, napiform, rifampin, rifleman.
	+3 letters: affirming, enframing, finnmarks, firemanic, firmament, fisherman, foraminal, formalins, formation, franciums, infirmary, inflamers, informant, magnifier, mainframe, ramifying, reframing, rifampins.
	+4 letters: affirmance, antireform, ausforming, chamfering, chromaffin, confirmand, firmaments, foraminous, forearming, formations, formatting, freemartin, informally, informants, infrahuman, magnifiers, mainframes, manifester, microfauna, misframing, ragamuffin, rifampicin, ruffianism, unfamiliar.
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