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Definition of Cornishman
1. Noun. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall.
Definition of Cornishman
1. Noun. A man from Cornwall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornishman
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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