dolman

Other forms of dolman

plural

dolmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dolman

What does dolman mean?

dolman means "a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dolman?

dolman has 2 syllables: dol-man. The stress falls on "dol". In IPA it is /ˈdɑlmən/.

What is another word for dolman?

Close synonyms include dolman jacket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dolman a common word?

dolman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.