sexton

Other forms of sexton

plural

sextons·

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 sexton

What does sexton mean?

sexton means "United States poet (1928-1974)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sexton?

sexton has 2 syllables: sex-ton. The stress falls on "sex". In IPA it is /ˈsɛkstən/.

What is another word for sexton?

Close synonyms include Anne Sexton, sacristan. 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 sexton a common word?

sexton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.