shantyman
English
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
Etymology
Suffix from English shanty.
Origin
English
shanty
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shanty English
- shantylike English
- shantytown English
- Shanty German
- shanty Dutch, Flemish
- chantier CF.