See also: <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> WOTD – 7 October 2022 From Late Middle English <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> wer, <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> werre (“fighting <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, soldier”). It has been suggested that sense 2...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> (plural men <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span>) Alternative form <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>. 1633 February 9 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XI. To Sir Arthur...
From Portuguese (adjective) + <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>, from the resemblance <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the organism’s float to a former Portuguese warship at full sail. (Received Pronunciation)...
<span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> hawks plural <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> hawk...
<span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> birds plural <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> bird...
<span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> + hawk. <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> hawk (plural <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> hawks) A frigatebird 1888, Herman Melville, John Marr and Other Sailors: Yon black <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>-hawk...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-o-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-o'-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> (plural men-o'-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>) Alternative form <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>....
From <span class="searchmatch">man</span> + o' + <span class="searchmatch">war</span>. <span class="searchmatch">man</span> o' <span class="searchmatch">war</span> (plural men o' <span class="searchmatch">war</span>) Alternative form <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> bird (plural <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> birds) Any <span class="searchmatch">of</span> various (especially predatory) seabirds, especially a frigatebird or the Arctic skua. [from 18th c.] 1790...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-o'-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-o-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> (plural men-o-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>) Misspelling <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-o'-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island...