shamen
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
shamen
- (hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans.
- 1970, Jim Theis, “The Eye of Argon”, in OSFAN[1], volume 10, Chapter 3½, page 33:
- Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age, originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings [sic].
Usage notes
- See the usage note at the entry for shaman.
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
shamen