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Definition of Irishman

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

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

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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