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Definition of Cornish

1. Adjective. Of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language.

2. Noun. A Celtic language spoken in Cornwall.

3. Noun. English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters.

Definition of Cornish

1. a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.

2. n. The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

Definition of Cornish

1. Proper noun. The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England. ¹

3. Adjective. Native to Cornwall. ¹

4. Noun. (context collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born. ¹

5. Noun. One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornish

Cornelia Otis Skinner Cornelis Jansen Cornelius Cornelius Jansenius Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornell Cornell University Cornellian 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 Cornishmen Cornishness Cornishwoman Cornishwomen Cornus

Literary usage of Cornish

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"A second election was fixed for 17 July, when cornish and Bethel took the oath under the Corporation Act, and claimed the appointment. ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"cornish. Let me tell your lordship »-bat my is : Ii it reasonable not to have ... cornish. I have not had a friend to come to De, but in the presence of ..."

3. Transactions by Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1851)
"Tree Sparrow, F. montana, cornish; very rare: one obtained near Falmouth some years since. Locally distributed in the midland counties. ..."

4. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1886)
"One of the most considerable among them was Henry cornish. He had been an Alderman under the old charter of the City, and had filled the ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"One of the most considerable among them was Henry cornish. He had been an alderman under the old charter of the City, and had filled the office of sheriff ..."

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