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(Nynorsk) embetsmann noun
{m}

civil servant(government employee)
noun
[UK: ˈsɪ.vəl ˈsɜː.vənt] [US: ˈsɪ.vəl ˈsɝː.vənt]

(Nynorsk) engelskmann noun
{m}

Englishman [Englishmen]((male) native or inhabitant of England)
noun
[UK: ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪ.ʃmən] [US: ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪ.ʃmən]

(Nynorsk) enkjemann noun
{m}, enkemann {m}

widower [widowers](a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
noun
[UK: ˈwɪ.dəʊə(r)] [US: ˈwɪdo.ʊə(r)]

(Nynorsk) finansmann noun
{m}

financier [financiers](person profiting from financial transactions)
noun
[UK: faɪ.ˈnæn.sɪə(r)] [US: ˌfɪ.nən.ˈsɪr]

(Nynorsk) formann noun
{m}, arbeidSformann {m}

foreman [foremen](leader of a work crew)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.mən] [US: ˈfɔːr.mən]

(Nynorsk) formann noun
{m}, forkvinne {f}, arbeidSformann {m}, arbeidSforkvinne {f}

foreperson(leader of a work crew)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.pərsən] [US: ˈfɔːr.pər.sən]

(Nynorsk) formannskap noun
{m}

chairmanship [chairmanships](office or term of a chairman)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃeə.mən.ʃɪp] [US: ˈtʃer.mən.ˌʃɪp]

(Nynorsk) formannskap noun
{n}

executive committee(the cabinet of ministers for a city government)
noun

(Nynorsk) forretningsmann noun
{m}

businessman [businessmen](a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution)
noun
[UK: ˈbɪz.nə.smæn] [US: ˈbɪz.nə.ˌsmæn]

(Nynorsk) franskmann noun
{m}

Frenchman [Frenchmen](person of French birth or nationality)
noun
[UK: ˈfrent.ʃmən] [US: ˈfrent.ʃmæn]

Frenchwoman [Frenchwomen](Frenchwoman (a French woman))
noun
[UK: ˈfrent.ʃwʊ.mən] [US: ˈfrent.ʃwʊ.mən]

(Nynorsk) froskemann noun
{m}, dykkar {m}

frogman [frogmen](diver)
noun
[UK: ˈfrɒɡ.mən] [US: ˈfrɑːg.ˌmæn]

(Nynorsk) fullmåne noun
{m}

full moon(phase of moon when in opposition to sun)
noun
[UK: fʊl muːn] [US: ˈfʊl ˈmuːn]

(Nynorsk) føre, framanfor preposition

before(in front of in space)
preposition
[UK: bɪ.ˈfɔː(r)] [US: bɪ.ˈfɔːr]

(Nynorsk) germanar noun
{m}

German(member of a Germanic tribe)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈdʒɝː.mən]

(Nynorsk) germansk adjective

German(of or relating to the German people)
adjective
[UK: ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈdʒɝː.mən]

(Nynorsk) gjerningsmann noun
{m}

perpetrator [perpetrators](one who perpetrates)
noun
[UK: ˈpɜː.pɪ.treɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈpɝː.pə.ˌtre.tər]

(Nynorsk) grasenkemann noun
{m}, graSenkjemann {m}

grass widower(a married man whose wife is away)
noun

(Nynorsk) ha mange jarn i elden noun

irons in the firenoun

(Nynorsk) halvmåne noun
{m}

half-moon [half-moons](the moon in its first or last quarter)
noun
[UK: hɑːf muːn] [US: ˈhæf ˈmuːn]

(Nynorsk) humanisme noun
{m}

humanism(ethical system)
noun
[UK: ˈhjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm] [US: ˈhjuː.mə.ˌnɪ.zəm]

(Nynorsk) humanistisk adjective

humanistic(of or pertaining to humanism)
adjective
[UK: ˈhjuː.mə.nɪ.zəm] [US: ˌhju.mə.ˈnɪ.stɪk]

(Nynorsk) idrettsmann noun
{m}, idrettSutøvar {m}

athlete [athletes](participant in one of several sporting activities)
noun
[UK: ˈæθ.liːt] [US: ˈæθ.ˌlit]

(Nynorsk) idrettsmann noun
{m}

sportsman [sportsmen]((male) athlete)
noun
[UK: ˈspɔːt.smən] [US: ˈspɔːrt.smən]

(Nynorsk) ingenmannsland noun
{n}

no man's land(place where no one can or should be)
noun
[UK: nəʊ mænz lænd] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈmænz ˈlænd]

(Nynorsk) juryformann noun
{m}, juryforkvinne {f}

foreperson(member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.pərsən] [US: ˈfɔːr.pər.sən]

(Nynorsk) juryformann noun
{m}

foreman [foremen](member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.mən] [US: ˈfɔːr.mən]

(Nynorsk) Katmandu proper noun

Kathmandu(capital city of Nepal)
proper noun
[UK: ˌkætmænˈduː] [US: ˌkætmænˈduː]

(Nynorsk) kinamann noun
{m}, kineSar {m}

Chinaman [Chinamen](a man who is Chinese, a Chinese man)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.mən] [US: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.mən]

(Nynorsk) kjøpmann (traveling, archaic) noun
{m}, farmann {m}

merchant [merchants](person who traffics in commodities)
noun
[UK: ˈmɜː.tʃənt] [US: ˈmɝː.tʃənt]

(Nynorsk) kleptoman noun
{m}

kleptomaniac [kleptomaniacs](One who steals compulsively)
noun
[UK: ˌklep.tə.ˈmeɪ.nɪæk] [US: ˌklep.tə.ˈmeɪ.nɪæk]

(Nynorsk) kommandant noun
{m}

commander [commanders](one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɑːn.də(r)] [US: kə.ˈmæn.dər]

commanding officer(officer in command of a military unit)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɑːnd.ɪŋ ˈɒf.ɪs.ə(r)] [US: kə.ˈmænd.ɪŋ ˈɑːf.əs.ər]

(Nynorsk) kommandosoldat noun
{m}

commando [commandos](commando trooper)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɑːn.dəʊ] [US: kə.ˈmænˌdo.ʊ]

(Nynorsk) kommandør noun
{m}

captain [captains](a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
noun
[UK: ˈkæp.tɪn] [US: ˈkæp.tən]

commander [commanders](commander in an honorary order)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɑːn.də(r)] [US: kə.ˈmæn.dər]

(Nynorsk) krype saman, krympe seg verb

cower [cowered, cowering, cowers](to crouch in fear)
verb
[UK: ˈkaʊə(r)] [US: ˈkaʊər]

(Nynorsk) lagmannsrett noun
{m}

appellate court(court having jurisdiction to hear appeals)
noun

(Nynorsk) landsmann noun
{m}, landSmanninne {f}

countryman [countrymen](somebody from a certain country)
noun
[UK: ˈkʌntr.i.mən] [US: ˈkʌntr.i.mən]

(Nynorsk) landsmann noun
{m}

compatriot [compatriots](somebody from one's own country)
noun
[UK: kəm.ˈpæ.trɪət] [US: kəm.ˈpeɪ.triət]

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