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Definition: FUGLEMAN |
FUGLEMANNoun1. Hence, one who leads the way. 2. A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. |
Date "FUGLEMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Etymology: Fugleman \Fu"gle*man\, noun; plural Fuglemen. [German fl["u]gelmann file leader; fl["u]gel wing (akin to English fly) + mann man. Compare to Flugrelman.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fugleman means properly wingman, but is applied to a soldier who stands in front of men at drill to show them what to do. Their proper and original post was in front of the right wing. (German, Flügel, a wing.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Director | Intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator; caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy. |
Prototype | Text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FUGLEMAN |
| English words defined with "FUGLEMAN": Flugelman, Fuglemen. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "FUGLEMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | udhëheqës (chief, chieftain, conductor, directive, director, directory, guide, headman, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, mentor, organizer, supervisor). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глашатай (beadle, bedel, crier), вожд (chief, chieftain, leader), водач (commander, conductor, guide, leader, pacer, pathfinder, pilot), образцов човек, примерен човек. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hangadó (opinion leader). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uglemanfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | porta-voz (mouthpiece, speaking-trumpet, spokeswoman), orientador (leader, mastermind, rudder), organizador (organizer), chefe (authority, boss, chef, chief, chief-, chieftain, cock-a-doodle-doo, commander, commander-in-chief, command-in-chief, compere, conductor, conservator, controller, director, employer, father, governor, head, headman, kingpin, leader, master, prince, principal, proprietor, sirdar). (various references) | |
Romanian | instructor (coach, instructor, trainer), conducãtor (captain, chief, commander, commanding, conductor, directive, governor, guide, head, leader, leading, man at the wheel, manager, master, principal, ruler, ruling, superintendent, superior, transmitting), cap de coloanã, cãlãuzã (adviser, guide, guide book). (various references) | |
Russian | вожак (ringleader). (various references) | |
Spanish | animador (animator, cheer, cheerleader, compere, entertainer). (various references) | |
Swedish | föredöme (example, model, pattern), ledare (boss, captain, chief, chieftain, conductor, core, director, editorial, frontrunner, gov., governor, head, kingpin, leader, manager, pilot, top dog). (various references) | |
Turkish | politik lider, lider (apostle, Archpriest, captain, conductor, fuhrer, head, headman, leader). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | взірець (cast, exemplar, ideal, nonesuch, norm, number, sampling), верховода (sachem), ватажок (chieftain). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người tổ chức người phát ngôn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "FUGLEMAN" (pronounced 'Fu"gle*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Ataman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Chinaman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-l-m-n-u" | |
-1 letter: flagmen. | |
-2 letters: engulf, flamen, flange, fungal, lagune, langue, legman, manful, mangel, mangle. | |
-3 letters: algum, almug, angel, angle, fanum, flame, fleam, flume, flung, fugal, fugle, ganef, genua, gleam, glean, glume, leman, lumen, lunge, mange, ulema, ulnae. | |
-4 letters: ague, alef, alme, alum, amen, egal, elan, fame, fane, fang, faun, feal, flag, flam, flan, flea, flue, fuel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-l-m-n-u" | |
+2 letters: meaningful, megafaunal. | |
+4 letters: meaningfully. | |
+5 letters: nonmeaningful, reformulating. | |
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