| 释义 |
Orkneyman|ˈɔːknɪmən|
= Orcadian n.; a native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands.
1775Hearne & Turnor Jrnls. (1934) 191, I have interfered so far as to ask what encouragement they required to which the Orkneymen seem'd to intermate that 12L per annum would enduce them to be active & useful. 1842Trans. Lit. & Hist. Soc. Quebec iv. 1333 The animals frequenting this country [include]..the Common Hare of Canada, called Rabbits, by the Orkney men in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. 1936Beaver (Winnipeg) Dec. 4/1 In the year 1799 about five hundred and thirty persons were employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, at their fur trade posts in North America, of whom four hundred and sixteen..were Orkneymen. 1956V. Fisher Pemmican 30 He had heard that..there were..a few red⁓faced Orkneymen, a few Moravian sisters and brothers. 1961J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story i. 1 For nearly two hundred years Orkneymen played a prominent part in the fur trade of Canada. 1969G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 26 Hardly a thing is known about these first Orkneymen..apart from the monuments they left behind them. |