bandsman
noun
bandsman is spelled B-A-N-D-S-M-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bandsman means “A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bandsman is bandsmen.
How many letters and syllables are in bandsman?
| Letters | 8: B-A-N-D-S-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bandsman?
Bandsman appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bandsman?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bandsman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bandsman
- bandsmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bandsman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band.
- 2
A labourer (loader) working with a band of men.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bandsman come from?
From band + -s- + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).