talesman

tales·man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teylz-muh n, tey-leez-muh n]
- /ˈteɪlz mən, ˈteɪ liz mən/
- /ˈteɪ.liːz.mən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teylz-muh n, tey-leez-muh n]
- /ˈteɪlz mən, ˈteɪ liz mən/

Definitions of talesman word

noun plural talesman a person summoned as one of the tales. 1
noun talesman a person summoned as one of the tales 0

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Origin of talesman

First appearance:

before 1670

One of the 47% oldest English words

First recorded in 1670-80; tales + man1

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Parts of speech for Talesman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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talesman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

talesman usage trend in Literature

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