Definition of Cornishman

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

Group relationships: Cornwall
Generic synonyms: Englishman

Definition of Cornishman

1. Noun. A man from Cornwall. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornishman

Cornellians
Corner's tampon
Corner-Allen test
Corner-Allen unit
Cornhusker
Cornhusker State
Cornish
Cornish Rex
Cornish fairing
Cornish fairings
Cornish heath
Cornish pastie
Cornish pasties
Cornish pasty
Cornish wrestling
Cornishman (current term)
Cornishmen
Cornishness
Cornishwoman
Cornishwomen
Cornus
Cornus amomum
Cornus canadensis
Cornus florida
Cornus mas
Cornus obliqua
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus stolonifera
Cornwall
Cornwallis

Literary usage of Cornishman

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

1. Twenty by Stella Benson (1918)
"THE Cornishman AT sunset, when the high sea span About the rocks a web of foam, I saw the ghost of a Cornishman Come home. I saw the ghost of a Cornishman ..."

2. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... the Devonshire wrestler, challenges Polkinghorne, the Cornishman -^ ^> *o POLKINGHORNE, I will take off my stockings and play bare-legged with you, ..."

3. A Cornish Parish: Being an Account of St. Austell, Town, Church, District by Joseph Hammond (1897)
"... the lintel and the two side-posts of the door are frequently adorned by the tasteful Cornishman with a white border—an excellent arrangement, no doubt, ..."

4. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"... Traffic—A Very Respectable Railway- Stately Travelling—A Hasty Engine Driver—The "Cornishman"— Sleeping Cars—Spring Flowers in Great Cities—A Delightful ..."

5. Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: A Catalogue of the Writings, Both Manuscript and by George Clement Boase, William Prideaux Courtney (1882)
"... a ie Thomas Pitt 499 Cornishman, a ie JS 611 Cornishman, a ie Richard Sandys ... 872 Cornishman, a, budget of poems from portfolio of 622 Cornishman, a, ..."

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