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ALMSMAN

Definitions: ALMSMAN

ALMSMAN

Noun

1. A giver of alms.

2. A recipient of alms.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: ALMSMAN

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Receiving

Sportulary, stipendiary; beneficiary; pensioner, pensionary; almsman.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translations: ALMSMAN

Language Translations for "ALMSMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

varfanjak (destitute, needy person, pauper, poor man, waif). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

бедняк който живее от милостиня. (various references)

   

Czech

  

žebrák (beggar, mendicant). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szegényházi ápolt. (various references)

   

Italian

  

uomo che vive di carit . (various references)

   

Manx

  

jeirkagh (beggar, benefit, benefit as match, benevolent, cadger, impecunious, pauper). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

almsmanay

   

Portuguese

  

pobre (beggar, beggarly, close-fisted, destitute, elegance, hard set, hungry, indigested, jejune, lazarus, lean, mean, mendicant, miserable, necessitous, needy child, pauperism, penniless, penurious, poor, shabby). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cerşetor (beggar, cadger, Lazar, mendicant, pauper, tramp). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

живущий подаянием. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

primalac milostinje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mendigo (beggar, mendicant, panhandler). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sadaka alan kimse, düşkün (addict, addicted, affected, decayed, devotee, doting, down at heels, fallen, fallen on hard times, fond, given to, jealous, jealous of, keen, keen on, partial, poor, sharp-set). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

той, що пода" милостиню, бідняк, що живе милостинею, благодійник (benefactor). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người sống bằng của bố thí, người được cứu tế. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ALMSMAN

Misspellings

"ALMSMAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aelfstan, Alishan, Alisma, alsman, Halsmann. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ALMSMAN"

Words rhyming with "ALMSMAN" (pronounced 'Alms"man'): Airman, Artsman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Coachman, Cogman, Copeman, Cousin-german, Cracksman, Craftsman, Cragsman, Dalesman, Daysman, Deathsman, Desman, Dodman, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draftsman. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ALMSMAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-m-n-s"

-2 letters: alans, almas, anlas, lamas, malms, mamas, manas, nasal.

-3 letters: aals, alan, alas, alma, alms, amas, anal, anas, ansa, lama, lams, malm, mama, mana, mans, slam.

-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, ama, ana, lam, las, man, mas, nam, sal.

-5 letters: aa, al, am, an, as, la, ma, mm, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-m-n-s"
 

+1 letter: ammonals.

 

+2 letters: analemmas, animalism, melanomas.

 

+3 letters: animalisms, mammalians.

 

+4 letters: assemblyman, manorialism, maternalism, summational.

 

+5 letters: inflammables, manorialisms, maternalisms, megalomanias, somnambulant, somnambulate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALMSMAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 4D 53 4D 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    --    ...    --    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01001101 01010011 01001101 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#77 &#83 &#77 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 004D 0053 004D 0041 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35464753473548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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