noman
See also: Noman
English
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Etymology
From Middle English noman, interpreted as no + man.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: no‧man
Pronoun
noman
- (obsolete) Nobody.
- 1548, The Beginning and Endynge of All Popery, or Popishe Kyngedome[1]:
- 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[2]:
- 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.[3], London: Henry VVykes:
- […] that noman nowe, be he neuer ſo ignorante, can thinke, he maie iuſtely be excuſed.
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Asturian
Verb
noman
- third-person plural present subjunctive of nomar
Middle English
Alternative forms
- no-man, no man, no mann, nomanne, no-manne, no manne, noe man, naman, namann, na man, nomon, no mon, no-mone, namon, na mon
Etymology
Pronoun
noman (genitive nomannes)
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Descendants
- English: noman
References
- “no-man, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.