单词 | welsh britain |
释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Britain ΚΠ 1573 T. Twyne tr. H. Llwyd Breuiary of Britayne f. 18 They termed them Cornwalas, that is to say Welshmen of Cornauia, or Cornwall, as they called also our countrymen Welsh Britaynes [L. Brytas walos]. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 199 The neerer or hithermore region of the Danmonians..is now commonly called Denshire, by the Cornish-Britaines [L. Britannis Cornwallensibus] Deuinan, and by the Welsh Britaines [L. Cambro-Britannis] Duffneint. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 165 Kentwin the other West-Saxon King..chac'd the Welch-Britans..to the very Sea shoar. 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall 41 Cornwall, having no longer any King in common with the Welsh Britans became a distinct principality. 1823 Coll. Hist. & Misc. Oct. 300 The Welsh Britains used Ap for Mab; the Irish, Mac. 1916 Northern Rev. Apr. 23 This use [of the hyphen] is in every nation; we read of..Welsh-Britains, Scotch-Britains, Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Indians, Canadian-British, Canadian-French. < as lemmas |
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