Galwegianadj.n.
/ɡalˈwiːdʒɪan/ A. adj.
Belonging to Galloway.
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westland1488
Irishc1543
Scottish-Irish?1593
Gallovidian1632
highland1698
Shetlandic1815
Galwegian1870
teuchter1967
1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) iii. 64 An old Gallowegian lady.
1883 Athenæum 22 Dec. 814/1 Is Kelly a Bristol name? It has to modern ears an Irish or Galwegian ring.
B. n.
An inhabitant or native of Galloway.
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ScoteOE
Irish Scota1387
Irish Scot1521
Irishman1529
Moravian1577
Moravea1600
highlander1610
lowlander1621
trewsman1639
Whiglander1682
northland1698
Norlander1716
plaid1749
bonnet man1763
plaid-man1763
norland1768
Irish Gael1771
Galwegian1774
southern1812
Gallovidian1875
Fifer1887
Clydesider1921
teuchter1940
1774 J. Collyer Hist. Eng. II. 72 The Galwegians..charged with..fury.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 299 The barbarous Galwegians, and licentious followers of the Douglas.
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