Ultonianadj.n.
/ʌlˈtəʊnɪən/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to Ulster.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Ireland > [adjective] > Ulster
Ultonian1766
1766 C. O'Conor Diss. Hist. Scotl. 50 The Ultonian Heberlans followed the Example.
1766 C. O'Conor Diss. Hist. Scotl. 158 The Establishment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth.
1865 S. Ferguson Lays W. Gael 23 In the ransom-races..to run 'Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 245/2 The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian.
B. n.
An inhabitant or native of Ulster.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > part of Ireland
Ultagh1649
Corkonian?1770
southern1773
Ultonian1781
Northern Irishman1818
yellowbelly1826
Ulsterman1845
mountainy man1851
Ulsterite1920
Dub1973
1781 C. Vallancey Lit. Irish in Heathen Times 9 He..was banished by the Ultonians the year following.
1837 W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. I. viii. 210 The Ultonians, or inhabitants of the north of Ireland, were Cruithne.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 246/1 If the Scots failed to subdue the south thoroughly, they succeeded in crushing the Ultonians.
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