beman

B3E1M3A1N1

verb

To furnish or fill with men; man.

OriginMiddle English bemannen →
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Meanings

beman1

verbbeman (third-person singular simple present bemans, present participle bemanning, simple past and past participle bemanned)

present singular third person bemans · participle present bemanning · participle past bemanned · past bemanned

  1. transitiveTo furnish or fill with men; man.

    Now do so well as to fare to meet me at thine earliest, and as much bemanned as may be; and let us be both together whatever may happen.

    1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library

Beman2

proper nounBeman (plural Bemans)

plural Bemans

  1. A surname.

Origin

beman · verb

  1. Middle Englishbemannen
  2. Englishbeman

From Middle English bemannen, bimannen, bemonnen, equivalent to be- + man. Cognate with Middle High German bemannen.

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Beman · proper noun

  1. GermanBiemann
  2. EnglishBeman

Variant spelling of Beeman or German Biemann.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MBeanMabenmaneb
Cite this entry
APA

beman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beman

MLA

“beman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beman.

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