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noun United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
noun half man and half fish; lives in the sea
originFrom Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0