单词 | welshwoman |
释义 | Welshwomann. A woman who is Welsh by descent, birth, or residency, typically one born in Wales or to Welsh parents. Formerly also occasionally: †a British (British adj. 1a) woman (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales > woman Welshwoman1442 1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §16. m. 11 So that the saide William to a Walsshwoman in no wise marie him. ?a1475 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 123 Helena [sc. the mother of Constantine] was a Brittaine or Welshe woman. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. 246v The englysshe burgeys that wede welsshe women shall not haue fredome withe englysshe burgeys. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xxxviii. 24/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II There came vnto him a Welsh or a Camber woman. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 43 There was such misuse..By those Welch-women done. View more context for this quotation 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. v. 112 Thy Mother sure was some Welsh woman, who instead of her own fostered thee with Mares Milk. 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived iv. 111 This [method] the Welsh Women use to prevent the Rickets in their Children. 1783 A. Smyth Relig. of Heart 202 Mrs. R—, the friend we are now with, is a kind, hospitable Welch-woman. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 81 Bartrand, you have no hears! Welsh-woman as you are. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 46 Welshwomen in their curious high-crowned..hats. 1915 Times 2 Mar. 5/1 A band of schoolgirls..who only wanted tall hats in place of their straw hats with blue ribbons in order to represent the traditional Welshwoman. 1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. iii. 282 Nurse Williams..was a plump little Welshwoman from Rhyl. 2007 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 3 I'm an incomer who moved here 12 years ago just after having had the incredibly good fortune to marry a Welshwoman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1442 |
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