seal-man

English

Etymology 1

seal +‎ man

Noun

seal-man (plural seal-men)

(mythology) A person who can transform into a seal (the animal) and back again.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 117:
  I have heard of seal-men in Iceland and the Esquimo lands of the far north.

Etymology 2

seal +‎ -man

Noun

seal -man (plural seal-men)

A person who hunts seals; a sealer.

Anagrams

Ameslan, Anselma, Leamans, Maleans, amensal

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