8-Letter Words Ending With AN

Here's the list of all the 384 8-Letter Words Ending With AN in the English Language.

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chairman
1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
2. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
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guardian
1. a person who cares for persons or property
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civilian
1. a nonmilitary citizen
2. associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
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musician
1. someone who plays a music as a profession
2. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
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suburban
1. relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
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freshman
1. a first-year undergraduate
2. any new participant in some activity
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superman
1. a person with great powers and abilities
2. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
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meridian
1. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
2. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
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bohemian
1. a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
2. unconventional in especially appearance and behavior
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partisan
1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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magician
1. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
2. one who practices magic or sorcery
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riparian
1. of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
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salesman
1. a man salesperson
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comedian
1. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
2. an actor in a comedy
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handyman
1. a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
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cardigan
1. knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper
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saucepan
1. a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
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lifespan
1. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
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waterman
1. someone who drives or rides in a boat
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alderman
1. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
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freedman
1. a person who has been freed from slavery
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diocesan
1. belonging to or governing a diocese
2. a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
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talisman
1. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
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mulligan
1. Irish version of burgoo
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obsidian
1. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
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agrarian
1. relating to farming or agriculture
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horseman
1. a man skilled in equitation
2. a person who breeds and cares for horses
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watchman
1. a guard who keeps watch
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everyman
1. the ordinary person
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huntsman
1. someone who hunts game
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cesarean
1. relating to abdominal delivery
2. the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
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valerian
1. a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
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barbican
1. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
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wingspan
1. linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
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optician
1. a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
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nobleman
1. a titled peer of the realm
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pressman
1. someone whose occupation is printing
2. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
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stockman
1. farmer who breed or raises livestock
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marksman
1. someone skilled in shooting
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coachman
1. a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
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cerulean
1. a light shade of blue
2. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
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nonhuman
1. not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings
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hooligan
1. a cruel and brutal fellow
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artesian
1. (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
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rifleman
1. someone skilled in the use of a rifle
2. a soldier whose weapon is a rifle
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cetacean
1. of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
2. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
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spaceman
1. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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woodsman
1. someone who lives in the woods
2. makes things out of wood
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arcadian
1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
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steelman
1. a worker engaged in making steel
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publican
1. the keeper of a public house
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bondsman
1. a male slave
2. someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
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marzipan
1. almond paste and egg whites
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henchman
1. someone who assists in a plot
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linesman
1. official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
2. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
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helmsman
1. the person who steers a ship
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toboggan
1. move along on a luge or toboggan
2. a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front
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thespian
1. of or relating to drama
2. a theatrical performer
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8-Letter Words Ending With AN