Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

affidavit man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: af-fi-davit -man
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"We know how easy it is for Ministers to find Affidavit Men, and no Court in England could give the Gentleman any Redress, because the Search was every Night made according to the express Directions of an Act of Parliament. […] no Man could say, the Affidavit Man had taken a false Oath, when he swore he had Reason to suspect, that Seamen would be that night concealed in such a House; […]"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

affidavit men (plural)

Phrases

straw shoe

Frequently Paired Words

straw shoe

Questions

What does affidavit man mean?: A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

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