释义 |
moorlander|ˈmʊələndə(r), ˈmɔələndə(r)| [f. moorland + -er1.] One who lives in a moorland; spec. one who lives in the Moorlands of Staffordshire.
c1646True Relat., etc. in Glover's Hist. Derby (1829) I. App. 62 The moorlanders in Staffordshire came to him, entreating him for assistance. 1660Leyborne-Popham MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1899) 139 The county [Stafford] is apt to fly into arms, the northern inhabitants being ‘moorlanders’ and the southern parts abounding with ‘ironmen’. 1667Cotton Scarron. iv. 69 Rascals as false as Moorlanders. |