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Walian, n. and a.|ˈweɪlɪən|
[f. Wale-s + -ian.]
South (or North) Walian.
A. n. A native or inhabitant of South (or North) Wales.
B. adj. (Characteristic) of or pertaining to this region.
1894Wales Aug. 170/1 He was a Methodist preacher, though he was a South Walian. 1924J. O. Francis Legend of Welsh 63 The best story I have heard of Welsh-speaking Englishmen was told me..by a South Walian. 1936Antiquity X. 461 Richards was a South Walian. 1968D. E. Allen British Tastes iv. 100 The stern Protestant ethos, originally adopted by..a people that then resembled the stern North Walian. 1977D. Jones My Friend Dylan Thomas viii. 98, I thought this was a particularly South Walian expression until I read..The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. |