noman

See also: Noman

English

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Etymology

From Middle English noman, interpreted as no + man.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: no‧man

Pronoun

noman

  1. (obsolete) Nobody.
    • 1548, The Beginning and Endynge of All Popery, or Popishe Kyngedome:
      Let noman deceaue you by ony meanes.
    • 1566, Nicolas Saunder, The Supper of Our Lord Set Foorth According to the Truth of the Gospell and Catholike Faith:
      Which ſeing it is ſo, let noman wonder, that I, not miſtruſting anie whit the vniuerſal cauſe of the Catholiks, but miſdoubting mine own wit, and the ſhameleſſe ſhifts of our aduerſaries, haue chosen to dedicate this work to yͤ myſteri of thy glorious body and blood (Lord Ieſu Chriſt,) []
    • 1567, Iohn Iewel, A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a Certaine Booke Lately Set Foorthe by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation of &c., London: Henry VVykes:
      [] that noman nowe, be he neuer ſo ignorante, can thinke, he maie iuſtely be excuſed.

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Verb

noman

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of nomar

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From no + man.

Pronoun

noman (genitive nomannes)

  1. Not any person; no one, nobody.

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Descendants

  • English: noman

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