单词 | islandman |
释义 | islandmann. Now rare or local. = islander n.At Belfast, applied to the ship-builders on Queen's Island, more fully Queen's Islandmen. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island insulana1464 islander?1553 islandman1575 islesmana1578 insulary1585 insular1744 Isleman1815 off-islander1876 islandress1892 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > collective on Queen's Island Queen's Islandmen1886 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 77v Eschines..in an oration he made to the Rhodiens, commended the gouernement of the Ilandmen. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B3 He speakes like an Iland man. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 138 To commend lyfe and gudes vnto the credence and custodie of the ylandmen thay war forced. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Aug. 1/1 A great contingent of the iron shipbuilders employed by the Mayor of Belfast—a powerful body of men and lads known as the ‘Islandmen’. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 7/2 The Islandmen proceeded to and returned from their work yesterday as if nothing unusual had recently occurred... The movement which is on foot among the Queen's Islandmen for the reinstatement of evicted Catholics is making progress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1575 |
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