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Definition of Cornwall
1. Noun. A hilly county in southwestern England.
Definition of Cornwall
1. Proper noun. A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornwall
Literary usage of Cornwall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1860)
"CHRISTIAN. u Lord Coke, in the Prince's case, in the 8th Report, has expressly
advanced, that the of cornwall cannot descend, upon the death of the king's ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"IN 1893 there marched in the vanguard of Coxey's Army a husky youngster whose
name was cornwall. Today he stands as one of Canada's most widely known men. ..."
3. The Genealogist's Guide by George William Marshall (1893)
"A Complete Parochial History of the County of cornwall, iii. 123. ... An Historical
Survey of cornwall, by CS Gilbert, ii. 277. The Visitations of cornwall, ..."
4. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"ARE THERE JEWS IN cornwall ? intended for the refuse of the borings, possibly
the refuse of the mines, but pronounced in Saxon fashion it might readily have ..."
5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"It is therefore remarkable that, even in cornwall, the landowners in the days of
King Eadward seem by their names to have been almost wholly English. ..."
6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Victoria history of the counties of England : cornwall, 1. ... Flett, JS [Notes
on igneous rocks from Pentire Point Cliff, St. Minver cornwall.] Penzance. ..."
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