Definition of Preman

1. a hypothetical ancestor of man [n PREMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preman

prelumirhodopsin
prelunch
preluncheon
prelusion
prelusions
prelusive
prelusively
prelusory
prem
premade
premake
premakes
premaking
premalignant
premammalian
preman (current term)
premanufacture
premanufactured
premanufactures
premarital
premaritally
premarked
premarket
premarketed
premarketing
premarkets
premarkup
premarriage
premarxist
premaster

Literary usage of Preman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Panama and Castilla Del Oro: A Narrative History of the Discovery by Charles Loftus Grant Anderson (1911)
"PreMan • at afterwards captured, brought to C'olon. and hanged, on the l8th of wnh *everal of hi% companions, ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"They are eight in all, one preman- dibular, one mandibular, one hyoid, and five branchial. Thus the examination of three sets of organs leads to the ..."

3. Principles of the Law of Real Property: Intended as a First Book for the Use by Joshua Williams, Thomas Cyprian Williams (1906)
"... see the cases there cited ; and B«wes on Waste, 210—223 ; lie preman, 1898, 1 Ch. 28, 32 ; He Parry <k Hopkin, 1900, 1 Ch. 160. l» Woodhouse v. ..."

4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The premaxillary and preman- dibular are most advanced for the purposes of feeding; the maxillary, the back part of the mandible, ..."

5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The premaxillary and preman- dibular are most advanced for the purposes of feeding; the maxillary, the back part of the mandible, ..."

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