dalesman

[deylz-muhn]

noun

plural

dalesmen 

1. a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.

dalesman

/ ˈdeɪlzmən /

noun

1. a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England

Word History and Origins

Origin of dalesman¹

First recorded in 1760–70; dale + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Would such phonetically-deviant dialect possibly be as incomprehensible in Yorkshire as a dalesman sounded to her?

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"Well, gentlemen," he said, "what do you think of that for a dalesman?"

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The footfalls grew louder, a dalesman passed along the centre of the roadway, his steps died away up the hill.

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One dalesman, however, asserted that he passed Hawke not later than one in the afternoon by the church in the centre of the valley.

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For centuries it was the greatest amusement of fellsider, dalesman, and town dweller, and it was no uncommon thing for men to walk, in the pre-railway days, twenty miles to a wrestling meeting.

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