Anagram Solver

Definitions for Mizzen

[1] a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Compare crossjack, spanker(def 1a) .
[2] mizzenmast.
[3] of or relating to a mizzenmast.
[4] noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a mizzen lower mast or to some upper mast of a mizzenmast.
[5] noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mizzen lower mast or some specified upper mast of a mizzenmast: mizzen topmast stay.
[6] a sail set on a mizzenmast
[7] short for mizzenmast
[8] of or relating to any kind of gear used with a mizzenmast a mizzen staysail

Words related to Mizzen

hinder, last, reverse, behind, rearward, hind, posterior, tail, stern, following, postern, aft, after, astern, backward, hindmost, rearmost, dorsal, retral

Words nearby Mizzen

mizoguchi, mizoram, mizrachi, mizrah, mizuna, mizzen, mizzenmast, mizzle, mizzy maze, miño, miłosz

Origin of Mizzen

1375–1425; late Middle English meson, mesan, probably < Italian mezzana

Word origin for Mizzen

C15: from French misaine, from Italian mezzana, mezzano middle

Synonyms for Mizzen

behind, following, hind, hinder, last, posterior, postern, rearward, reverse, stern, tail, aft, after, astern, backward, dorsal, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost, retral