different between raglan vs ragman

English

Etymology

Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.

Adjective

raglan (not comparable)

1. (of a sleeve) Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.

Noun

raglan (plural raglans)

1. An overcoat with sleeves of this type.

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Largan, langar

Romanian

Etymology

From French raglan.

Noun

raglan n (plural raglane)

1. raglan

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From rag +? man.

Noun

ragman (plural ragmen)

1. A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

ragman (countable and uncountable, plural ragmans)

1. (historical) A statute issued by Edward I in 1276.
2. (obsolete) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull.
   • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:

     He bonched hem with his breuet · & blered here eyes / And rau?te with his ragman · rynges and broches […]

3. (historical, uncountable) A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing.

Related terms

• ragman roll, Ragman's Roll

Anagrams

• Garman, granma, mangar, marang