Kentishman
Americannoun
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Kentishmen
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Origin of Kentishman
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Shy, shaggy Kentishman Heath immediately captured the Tory matrons' vote.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some Tory leaders did not go to Eton, but none went to a grammar school on a scholarship, as did the burly Kentishman with the rumbling laugh and the steely blue eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Master Caxton was a gray-eyed, thin-cheeked, neatly-made Kentishman, who had lived long abroad, and was always ready to make an Englishman welcome.
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"In the far east where Sebastian Cabot first touched," the Kentishman replied.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
And for a minister of my intent, I have seduc'd a headstrong Kentishman, John Cade of Ashford, To make commotion, as full well he can, Under the tide of John Mortimer.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
With two women suffering before his eyes, Novelist Hyams wrote to a local newspaper asking if any other Kentishmen were hearing the hum.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Richard faced the Kentishmen with the same cool courage with which he faced the men of Essex.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
After a sturdy fight, the Londoners held the position, and the Kentishmen, discouraged by their reverse, began to scatter.
From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous
A hundred thousand Kentishmen gathered round Walter Tyler of Essex and John Hales of Malling to march upon London.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
The Kentishmen still however lay unbroken in Southwark, while Bishop Waynflete conferred with Cade on behalf of the Council.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
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