Cornishman
noun
a native or inhabitant of Cornwall.
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cornishmannouna man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
Cornishman
American
[kawr-nish-muhn]
/ ˈkɔr nɪʃ mən /
noun
Cornishmen
plural
cornishman
British
/ ˈkɔːnɪʃmən /
noun
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The US-based Cornishman - arguably the world's best putter - is ranked 10 places lower at 57th, despite reaching the season-ending Tour Championship.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
The Cornishman then injured ankle ligaments in October, limiting him to just eight games for Exeter this season.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2022
Looking back to the original Cornishman article that announced Zanzi’s death, I noticed the reporter had written that the “deadly palm oil” was identified by a national agency, Public Health England.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2017
As the Cornishman gazes around his publishers' modern offices in Hammersmith, you wonder whether the bright young things at their keyboards fully appreciate the punishment their latest author has absorbed.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
There isn’t a Cornishman living that be such a Judas as I be.
From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
His involvement led to hundreds of Cornishmen going back and forth between Cornwall and Hidalgo in the coming decades.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
When he falls head over heels for the mine captain’s new wife, Polly, a cadre of crazy Cornishmen take off in hot pursuit of the poet and his muse.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
"The only thing it was missing was 5,000 Cornishmen shouting their heads off," Paver told BBC Radio Cornwall.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2021
When it comes to legendary living Cornishmen, even Padstow's Rick Stein knows his place.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013
They are Kocch in the way that the Cornishmen are Welsh.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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