单词 | midlander |
释义 | Midlandern. rare before late 19th cent. A native or inhabitant of the Midlands, esp. the English Midlands or the Midlands of the United States. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Midlands Midlander1889 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 91 Vpon whom joine the midlanders, to wit, the Gætuliandars. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 15 Nov. 4/3 I was at Leicester, delivering to the midlanders an impassioned appeal. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 19/2 Himself a Midlander, he is very insistent on the special virtues which Shakespeare inherited from his Midland birth. 1972 H. Kurath Stud. Area Ling. 53 The proportion of ‘Northerners’ and ‘Midlanders’ in these two states as a whole differs little. 1998 Darts World Mar. 32/4 Spot-on finishing by Clive Francis..gave the Midlanders the vital edge as they went into the final game 6–5 up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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