deman

D2E1M3A1N1

verb

To sack employees from.

OriginEnglish man ← Middle English man ← Old English mann →
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Meanings

verbdeman (third-person singular simple present demans, present participle demanning, simple past and past participle demanned)

present singular third person demans · participle present demanning · participle past demanned · past demanned

  1. transitiveTo sack employees from.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. Englishman
  13. Englishdeman

From de- + man.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

namedamendMedanEdmanMandeMadenmaned
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APA

deman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deman

MLA

“deman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deman.

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