| 单词 | welsh briton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Briton Welsh Briton n. historical a Briton (Briton n. 1a); esp. one living within the boundaries of modern Wales, as distinguished from an inhabitant of Cornwall; cf. Welshman n. 1a.Quot. 1788 is apparently based on Holland's translation of Camden; compare quot. 1610 for Welsh Britain n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > person WelshmaneOE Britonc1275 Britain1482 Brutea1513 Brett1535 Welsh Britain1573 Welsh Briton1577 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. v. f. 5/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Petigrees & genealogies also the Welche Brytons haue plentie in their owne tongue. 1659 W. Prynne Historiarchos To Rdr. sig. Av The most of that large tract [of time]..was spent either in bloody intestine wars between our Saxon Kings themselves, or the Welsh Britons, warring upon and against each other. 1788 Eng. Described 77 Devonshire, by the Cornish Britons called Deunan; by the Welch Britons Duffneint..is bounded by the Irish sea on the North. 1862 W. Spalding Hist. Eng. Lit. i. i. 33 His [sc. Arthur's] name was cherished with melancholy pride, and his heroism magnified with increasingly fond exaggeration,..among those Welsh Britons who still guarded the valleys of Snowdon. 1999 C. Kidd Brit. Identities before Nationalism ii. v. 104 The Welsh Britons maintained the practices of primitive Christianity for five hundred years after the coming of Augustine. < as lemmas |
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