Definition of "portmanteau word" []

• A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort. (noun)

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• "Daisy was to be the Prioress – because she is good, and has "a soft little red mouth," and H.O. would be the Manciple (I don't know what that is), because the picture of him is bigger than most of the others, and he said Manciple was a nice portmanteau word – half mandarin and half disciple."