fenmann.
/ˈfɛnman/, /ˈfɛnmən/, U.S. /ˈfɛnˌmæn/ An inhabitant of the fens.
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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 491 Girvij, that is, as some interpret it, Fen-men, or Fen-dwellers.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Boeuf As our fenne-men [say], rather catch a ducke than feed an Oxe.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §600 The Fen-men hold that the Sewers must be kept.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 299 Stares..do great damage to the fen men, by roosting on the reeds.
1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 644 The fen~men..were, a century later, known as the Slodgers, or Fen-Slodgers.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 19 After the snow would come..the fenman's yearly holiday.
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