fenman

F4E1N1M3A1N1

noun

A (male) inhabitant of the fens.

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Meanings

nounfenman (plural fenmen)

plural fenmen

  1. A (male) inhabitant of the fens.

    But Lilburne's presence has been equally problematic for those historians who have examined the activities and attitudes of the fenmen whom Lilburne, and his Leveller colleague, John Wildman, temporarily led.

    1987, Anthony Fletcher, Order and Disorder in Early Modern England, page 167

Origin

From fen + -man.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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