English Explanatory Dictionary

sugarman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A worker in sugar production.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

sugarman sugarmen Sugarmans

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English sugarman From sugar + -man.

Derived words

Sugarman brachydactyly Sugarman syndrome
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