frobisher

What does frobisher mean?

frobisher means "English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)".

How many syllables are in frobisher?

frobisher has 3 syllables and divides as fro-bi-sher under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for frobisher?

Close synonyms include Sir Martin Frobisher. 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 frobisher a common word?

frobisher is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for frobisher come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.