seal-man

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

seal +‎ man

Noun[edit]

seal-man (plural seal-men)

  1. (mythology) A person who can transform into a seal (the animal) and back again.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 117:
      I have heard of seal-men in Iceland and the Esquimo lands of the far north.

Etymology 2[edit]

seal +‎ -man

Noun[edit]

seal-man (plural seal-men)

  1. A person who hunts seals; a sealer.

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