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nounA legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
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Origin
- Old English*meremann“merman”
- Middle Englishmereman
- Englishmerman
From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).
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Arabic غرانق الماء
- غرانق الماءlegendary creature
Bulgarian тритон
- тритон (triton)legendary creature
Catalan tritó
- tritólegendary creature
Danish havmand
- havmandlegendary creature
Dutch meerman, zeemeerman
- meermanlegendary creature
- zeemeermanlegendary creature
Esperanto marviro
- marvirolegendary creature
Finnish vetehinen, vedenhaltija
- vetehinenlegendary creature
- vedenhaltijalegendary creature
French triton
- tritonlegendary creature
German Wassermann
- Wassermannlegendary creature
Hawaiian kāne hiʻu iʻa
- kāne hiʻu iʻalegendary creature
Hindi जलमानुस, जलमानव
- जलमानुस (jalmānus)legendary creature
- जलमानव (jalmānav)legendary creature
Icelandic marbendill
- marbendilllegendary creature
Irish murúch fir
- murúch firlegendary creature
Italian tritone
- tritonelegendary creature
Japanese 半魚人, マーマン
- 半魚人 (hangyojin)legendary creature
- マーマン (māman)legendary creature
Korean 어인, 반어인
- 어인 (eoin)legendary creature
- 반어인 (baneoin)legendary creature
Latin trito, semivir marinus
- tritolegendary creature
- semivir marinuslegendary creature
- tritonlegendary creature
Norwegian havmann
- havmannlegendary creature
Persian دریامرد
- دریامردlegendary creature
Polish tryton
- trytonlegendary creature
Portuguese tritão, sereio
- tritãolegendary creature
- sereiolegendary creature
Spanish tritón
- tritónlegendary creature
Swedish havsman
- havsmanlegendary creature
Tagalog siyokoy
- siyokoylegendary creature
Turkish deniz erkeği
- deniz erkeğilegendary creature
Urdu جل مانس
- جل مانسlegendary creature
Vietnamese người cá
- người cálegendary creature
Welsh morwas
- morwaslegendary creature
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Cite this entry
APA
merman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merman
MLA
“merman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merman.
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