linksman

Other forms of linksman

plural

linksmans·

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 linksman

What does linksman mean?

linksman means "someone who plays the game of golf".

How many syllables are in linksman?

linksman has 2 syllables and divides as link-sman 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 linksman?

Close synonyms include golfer, golf player. 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 linksman a common word?

linksman 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.