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Definition of Cornishwoman
1. Noun. A woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall.
Definition of Cornishwoman
1. Noun. A woman from Cornwall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornishwoman
Literary usage of Cornishwoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: A Catalogue of the Writings, Both Manuscript and by George Clement Boase, William Prideaux Courtney (1882)
"By A cornishwoman [ie Ellen J. Pearce]. Dedicated by permission to Mrs. Kose Mary
Crashaw (nie). Loud. Elliot Stock; Truro, Heard and Sons [printed]; ..."
2. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1885)
"cornishwoman, A. Miss Elir.n J. 1'rarr.e. Peace or war ? An appeal to tlie women
of Great Britain and Ireland. ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1884)
"... who threw overboard King Arthur and took to blackberry-gathering ; and to
conversation with a most comely cornishwoman, milking the prettiest of Cornish ..."
4. Exeter by Edward Augustus Freeman (1887)
"This was Agnes Priest, a cornishwoman, burned in 1557 on Southernhay. ' Her husband
and children were her greater persecutors, from whom she fled, ..."
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