noman
pronEtymology From Middle English noman, interpreted as no + man.
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Obsolete Nobody.
- Let noman deceaue you by ony meanes.1548, The Beginning and Endynge of All Popery, or Popishe Kyngedome:
- 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,)[…]1566, Nicolas Saunder, The Supper of Our Lord Set Foorth According to the Truth of the Gospell and Catholike Faith:
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- […]that noman nowe, be he neuer ſo ignorante, can thinke, he maie iuſtely be excuſed.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:
- Antonyms
- somebody
- Derived terms
- noman's
- Related terms
- no man's land