Definition of Irishman

1. Noun. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.

Group relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Generic synonyms: Irelander, Irish Person
Specialized synonyms: Mick, Mickey, Paddy

Definition of Irishman

1. n. A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.

Definition of Irishman

1. Noun. A man from Ireland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irishman

Irish setter
Irish soda bread
Irish stew
Irish strawberry
Irish terrier
Irish twin
Irish twins
Irish water spaniel
Irish waterfall
Irish whiskey
Irish whisky
Irish wolfhound
Irishism
Irishisms
Irishly
Irishman
Irishmen
Irishness
Irishry
Irishwoman
Irishwomen
Irkutsk
Irma
Iron Age
Iron Chancellor
Iron Cross
Iron Curtain
Iron Lady
Ironside
Ironsides

Literary usage of Irishman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"William Maginn The irishman THERE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, man, And yet, in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"There was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, m:in— And yet in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman— A nasty, ugly irishman— A ..."

3. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"£l)e irishman. THEBE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, ... Oh, the lump of an irishman — The whiskey-devouring irishman — The great he-rogue ..."

4. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"Oh, the great big irishman, The rattling, battling irishman — The ... Oh, the leathering irishman, The barbarous, savage irishman — The hearts of the maids, ..."

5. The fireside encyclopaedia of poetry: Comprising the best poems of the most by Henry Troth Coates, Rea (1881)
"THERE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, man, And yet, in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman,— A nasty, ugly irishman, ..."

6. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1899)
"A good deal of research has been indulged in during the past ten or fifteen years, with a view to ascertaining for a certainty the name of the irishman who ..."

7. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"William Maginn The irishman THERE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, man, And yet, in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman ..."

8. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"There was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, m:in— And yet in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman— A nasty, ugly irishman— A ..."

9. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"£l)e irishman. THEBE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, ... Oh, the lump of an irishman — The whiskey-devouring irishman — The great he-rogue ..."

10. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"Oh, the great big irishman, The rattling, battling irishman — The ... Oh, the leathering irishman, The barbarous, savage irishman — The hearts of the maids, ..."

11. The fireside encyclopaedia of poetry: Comprising the best poems of the most by Henry Troth Coates, Rea (1881)
"THERE was a lady lived at Leith, A lady very stylish, man, And yet, in spite of all her teeth, She fell in love with an irishman,— A nasty, ugly irishman, ..."

12. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1899)
"A good deal of research has been indulged in during the past ten or fifteen years, with a view to ascertaining for a certainty the name of the irishman who ..."

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