Noun: iceman
| Singular | iceman |
| Plural | icemen |
Sample Sentences
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We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows. [1862, Edward Shirley Kennedy, Peaks, passes, and glaciers, volume 1, page 241:]
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Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment. [2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, pages 267–268:]
Nouns inflected like iceman
whipman,
slaughterman,
seaman,
sawman,
saxman,
sanman,
headswoman,
kettleman,
given man,
skyman,
Manilaman,
boogyman,
brotherman,
beadman,
transgentleman,
baggageman,
first gentleman,
bedeman,
boothman,
hackneyman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *īsą
5. Proto-West Germanic *īs
6. Old English īs
7. Middle English is
8. English ice
9. Proto-Indo-European *mon-
10. Proto-Germanic *mann-
11. Proto-West Germanic *mann
12. Old English mann
13. Middle English man
14. Middle English -man
15. English -man
16. English iceman
17. From ice + -man.
Verbs referencing "iceman"
German Nouns
Eismann.