单词 | northern irishman |
释义 | Northern Irishmann. A man from the north of Ireland (now usually from Northern Ireland). Cf. Ulsterman n. at Ulster n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > part of Ireland Ultagh1649 Corkonian?1770 southern1773 Ultonian1781 Northern Irishman1818 yellowbelly1826 Ulsterman1845 mountainy man1851 Ulsterite1920 Dub1973 1818 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 236/1 There is..a particular intonation peculiar to a Northern Irishman, which distinguishes him in every part of the habitable globe. 1868 Illustr. Times 13 June 374/1 Sir Thomas..is an Irishman; not, though, one of the old Celtic race, but a northern Irishman, probably of Scotch origin. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 570 He is a fine type of a Northern Irishman, who is so devoted to his country that he would fight all the Nationalists in it single-handed.., rather than be ruled from Dublin. 1940 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. 4/7 Ulster is specifically excluded from the British Conscription Act. Northern Irishmen have their own regiments. 1989 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 22 Jan. a21 The case of three Northern Irishmen and an Englishwoman who were arrested after two IRA bombings killed seven people in the London area in 1974. 2006 S. R. Kelleher Frommer's Ireland from $90 Day (ed. 21) 505/1 This isn't to say that every Northern Irishman has encountered violence, but it certainly has been a pervasively stressful environment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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