noman

See also: Noman

English

Alternative forms

• no man, no-man

Etymology

From Middle English noman, interpreted as no +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧man

Pronoun

noman

1. (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.

Antonyms

• somebody

Derived terms

• noman's

Related terms

• no man's land

Anagrams

• Monna, man on, manno-

Asturian

Verb

noman

1. 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

From no +‎ man.

Pronoun

noman (genitive nomannes)

1. Not any person; no one, nobody.

Antonyms

• animan

Derived terms

• Nomanneslond

Descendants

• English: noman

References

• “no-man, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.