Word: lobsterbacks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lob
ster
backs
Definition: Plural of lobsterback. British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
Morphemes:
Affix: lop
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A disabled person, a cripple.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: loppe
Language: enm
Decoded: loppe
Meaning: bough
Affix: -ster
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A diminutive appended to a person's name.
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.