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单词 cumbrian
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Cumbrianadj.n.

Brit. /ˈkʌmbrɪən/, U.S. /ˈkəmbriən/
Etymology: < medieval Latin Cumbria, < Welsh Cymry < prehistoric Welsh *kombrogi, plural of *kombrogos lit. fellow countryman (Welsh bro < *mrog- region).
A. adj.
Thesaurus »
1. Belonging to the ancient British kingdom of Cumbria, which included Cumberland.
2. Belonging to Cumberland, or its system of rocks; also, more widely, belonging to the Lake District and its fells, or to the county of Cumbria (formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland, and northern Lancashire).
B. n.
1. A native of the ancient British kingdom of Cumbria.
2. A native or inhabitant of Cumberland.
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West Saxona1387
Merciana1513
Southumbrian1725
Cumbrian1747
Bernician1819
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Cumbrian1837
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 211 Feuds and quarrels between particular chieftains and their clans were not the only grievance under which the Cumbrian and Straeth-cluyd Britains laboured.
1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 212 Whether Rydderch imagined, that he was any obstruction to the Cumbrians returning to their former allegiance.
a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) I. 140 Among the Straith-Cluid Britons, and the Cumbrians, the latter inhabiting the country from the Picts wall, to the Ribble in Lancashire.
a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) I. 140 The Cumbrians..were protected by Urien, lord of Rheged.
1780 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 2) 6 The travelled visitor of the Cumbrian lakes.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 The Cumbrians have been undeservedly said to be litigious.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn, or harvest-home, sheep-shearing, merry nights, and upshots.
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 584/2 The analogous arches of limestone, which begird the primary district of the Cumbrian lakes.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 40/1 Kentigern,..the restorer of Christianity among the Cumbrians.
1901 A. G. Bradley Highways & Byways Lake District 4 The simple dalesman,..canny Cumbrian as he is.
1902 W. G. Collingwood Lake Counties i. ii. 38 There have been many Cumbrian poets, most of them, like Wordsworth at Grasmere, cottage folk.
1902 W. P. Haskett-Smith in Lake Counties ii. vi. 259 Leaving out Langdale, which runs down into Westmorland, there are five purely Cumbrian dales.
1963 Times 25 Feb. 11/7 While the Cumbrian fight their battles with energy, there is a strong community spirit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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