Welshman

[ welsh-muhn, welch- ]

/ ˈwɛlʃ mən, ˈwɛltʃ- /

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noun, plural Welsh·men.

a native or inhabitant of Wales.

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Also Welchman.

Origin of Welshman

before 900; Middle English Welische man,Old English Wilisc mon;see Welsh, man

Words nearby Welshman

welsh, Welsh Black, Welsh corgi, Welsh dresser, Welsh harp, Welshman, Welshman's button, Welsh Mountain, Welsh mountain pony, Welsh pony, Welsh poppy

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How to use Welshman in a sentence

If you had said you were a Welshman, I should not have been surprised.
Lavengro|George Borrow
He said I was not only a wild Welshman and a blockhead, but what is more deadly still, I was a gorilla and an assassin.
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis
Then there was the drunken rowdy who proposed to raid the "Welshman's" house one dark threatening night—he saw that, too.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
When the Welshman's treasure was all spent he went back to the cavern and helped himself still more liberally than before.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland

In the centre of the entrance hung a bell which the conjurer begged the Welshman to beware of touching.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland

British Dictionary definitions for Welshman

Welshman

feminine Welshwoman

/ (ˈwɛlʃmən) /

noun plural -men or -women

a native or inhabitant of Wales

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