wasserman

See also: Wasserman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wassermann.

Noun

wasserman (plural wassermen)

1. (obsolete) A mythical sea monster, part man, thought to destroy ships.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The dreadfull Fish, that hath deseru'd the name / Of Death, and like him lookes in dreadfull hew, / The griesly Wasserman, that makes his game / The flying ships with swiftnesse to pursew […]

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