RULE XVII.

The compounds of man form their plural in the same manner as the simple

word; as, fisherman, _fishermen_; man-of-war, _men-of-war_.

EXCEPTIONS.—The only exceptions to this rule are _dragoman_,

_Mussulman_, _Ottoman_, _talisman_, _Turcoman_, _German_,

_Norman_, and _landamman_, which accept of _s_.