Irishman
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Irisshman, equivalent to Irish + -man.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈaɪɹɪʃmən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editIrishman (plural Irishmen)
- A man from Ireland.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- It is so absurd to advance into the presence of savage royalty after the fashion of an Irishman driving a pig to market, for that is what we looked like, and the idea nearly made me burst out laughing then and there.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editman from Ireland
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See also
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