dwarf-man [f. dwarf n.and a. + man n.1] A very small man; a dwarf. 1877Encycl.Brit. VII. 568/2 The dwarf man..was less attractive than the dwarf boy.1922Joyce Ulysses 380 It was upheld by four dwarfmen of that country.1955J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 202 A sort of small dwarf-man.