wasserman

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wassermann.

Noun

wasserman (plural wassermen)

  1. (obsolete) A mythical sea monster, part man, thought to destroy ships.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: ">…] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The dreadfull Fish, that hath deseru'd the name
      Of Death, and like him lookes in dreadfull hew,
      The griesly Wasserman, that makes his game
      The flying ships with swiftnesse to pursew

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