| 单词 | welsh indian |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Indian Welsh Indian n. historical a member of a legendary North American Indian tribe believed to be descended from a group of fabled 12th cent. Welsh settlers. [The underlying story is primarily that of Madog, the legendary son of the historical Owain Gwynedd (d. 1170). There is medieval evidence of tales of Madog as a seafarer; he is first referred to as discoverer of America by John Dee in 1580. His story was associated with D. Ingram's claim (originally published in 1583) that he had heard Welsh words in North America. In the late 18th and 19th cent., the Welsh Indians were sometimes taken to be the Mandan people (compare Mandan n.).] ΚΠ 1753 G. Crochan Let. 24 Aug. in Gentleman's Mag. (1781) Mar. 112/1 I understood..that your honour would be glad to have some information on a nation of people settled to the west.., commonly called the Welch Indians. 1876 B. F. Bowen Amer. discovered by Welsh v. 58 If the Welsh Indians could be identified as descendants of Madoc's colony. 1913 W. H. Babcock Early Norse Visits to N. Amer. 35 Madoc of Wales has been put forward intermittently for centuries with zeal as the first colonizer of America. Welsh Indians, by blood or language, were formerly (as was supposed) discovered by his advocates. 2009 Huntsville (Alabama) Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. 14 f A story of mythic sea voyages, tribes wandering the wilderness and centuries of stories and fantasies about sightings of Welsh Indians. < as lemmas |
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