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单词 irishwoman
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Irishwomann.

Brit. /ˈʌɪrɪʃˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈaɪrɪʃˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural Irishwomen.
Forms: see Irish adj. and n. and woman n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Irish adj., woman n.
Etymology: < Irish adj. + woman n. Compare earlier Irishman n.
A woman of Irish birth, nationality, or descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > woman
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a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3811 He was so full of cursed Rage It satte hym well of his lynage For hym an Irish womman bare [Fr. Qu'il fu filz d'une vielle Irese].
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. iii. 189/2 He [sc. King Alfred] was cured (as is said in some stories) by the virgin called Modwen, an Yrishwoman.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 43 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The deepe smocke sleive, which the Irish women use.
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. iii. v. 351 Houling O Hone as those Irish women.
1693 Vertue Rewarded 124 Those on the continent make such saucy domineering Husbands, that no free-born Irish-woman will endure their slavery.
1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 269 An Irishwoman coming to his House and drinking pretty hard there.
1789 J. Purbeck Honoria Somerville I. v. 83 The Irishwomen are remarkable for their attachment to the children they have suckled.
1829 M. Edgeworth Garry Owen in Christmas Box 57 She did not want to have it waked at all, for she is not that way—not an Irishwoman at all.
1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 387/2 A poor Irish-woman recounting some experience.
1903 W. B. Yeats Let. 20 May (1994) III. 377 It is clear to every Nationalist that no Irishwoman or Irishman who values National dignity or honour..can participate in any address of welcome to the King of England.
1963–4 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 330 She is one of these clever and handsome and fun-loving Irish women that I always get on with like a house afire.
2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 17/4 She was also a storytelling Irishwoman who thrilled and terrified her children by the fireside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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