单词 | manxman |
释义 | Manxmann. A man of Manx birth or descent; a (male) native or inhabitant of the Isle of Man. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > islands Manxman1516 Scillonian1651 Manx1688 Jerseyman1825 Sarkese1845 Manxwoman1974 1516–17 in R. C. Reid Wigtownshire Charters (1960) 142 To Inglismen, Irlandmen and Mansmen. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 211 Which the Manksmen hearing, tooke such a snuffe and indignation thereat, that they sent for Olaue. 1702 W. Sacheverell Acct. Isle of Man 113 Michael, a Manksman, a Person of great Merit and Exemplary Life. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iv. 125 Born a Manksman—bred and nursed in the island. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxvi. 579 They declared that now they knew the reason of those wild shrieks they had heard the night before. But again the old Manxman said nay. 1894 H. Caine (title) The Manxman. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 93/2 An intensely patriotic Manxman, he championed all the rights and privileges of the island. 1979 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 12/6 The Bill lays down that a person can be a Manxman by birth, descent, or adoption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1516 |
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