vestryman

ves·try·man

V v

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ves-tree-muh n]
- /ˈvɛs tri mən/
- /ˈve.strɪ.mən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ves-tree-muh n]
- /ˈvɛs tri mən/

Definitions of vestryman word

noun plural vestryman a member of a church vestry. 1
noun vestryman a member of a church vestry 0
noun vestryman a member of a vestry 0
noun vestryman a member of a parochial vestry. 0

See all 4 definitions of vestryman

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Origin of vestryman

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15; vestry + man1

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Parts of speech for Vestryman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Vestryman

vestryman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

vestryman usage trend in Literature

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