shamen

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪmɛn/

Noun

shamen

  1. (hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans.
    • 1970, Jim Theis, “The Eye of Argon”, in OSFAN, volume 10, Chapter 3½, page 33:
      Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age, originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings [sic].

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Romanization

shamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃめん
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