loresman

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English loresman, equivalent to lore +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Noun

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loresman (plural loresmen)

  1. (now rare) An instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.
    • 1999, Lewis Turco, The book of literary terms:
      An academician or other learned person who is the student of a particular discipline; a loresman.
    • 2010, Stanley Elkin, George Mills:
      A whittler of course, and volunteer fireman, a loresman of stone and all the materials of Nature, beech and maple, elm and ash, and all the secret, invisible grains of the human heart.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From lores (pieces of knowledge) +‎ man (man, person).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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loresman (plural loresmen)

  1. (rare) instructor, tutor, teacher; especially a religious one.

Descendants

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  • English: loresman

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