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starchman

noun

Etymology

From starch + -man.

  1. derived from *sterg-✻ — “stiff, rigid”
  2. inherited from *starkī✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”
  3. inherited from *stierċe✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, strength”
  4. inherited from starche
  5. suffixed as starchman — “starch + man”

Definitions

  1. A confectionery worker involved in making candy from syrups or gels with the addition of…

    A confectionery worker involved in making candy from syrups or gels with the addition of cornstarch.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for starchman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA