Word: lobsterback
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lob
ster
back
Definition: A British soldier 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: Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
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.)