English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Welsh eisteddfodwr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaɪstɛðˈvɒdə(ɹ)/, enPR: ī'stĕth-vŏdʹər
  • Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ei‧stedd‧fod‧wr

Noun

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eisteddfodwr (plural eisteddfodwyr)

  1. One who supports, attends, or participates in an eisteddfod.
    • 2014, Alyce von Rothkirch, J.O. Francis, Realist Drama and Ethics: Culture, Place and Nation, University of Wales Press, page 127:
      n the other hand he declares carefully that his views are relatively unimportant and that he merely behaves like any other eisteddfodwr in similar circumstances.
    • 1908, T.J. Griffths, The Cambrian, volume 28, page 504:
      He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From eisteddfod +‎ -wr (-er).

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Noun

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eisteddfodwr m (plural eisteddfodwyr)

  1. eisteddfodwr, one who frequents eisteddfodau, especially as a competitor
    • 1891, Y Geninen: cylchgrawn chwarterol cenedlaethol, Caernarfon, page 206:
      Fel eisteddfodwr, cystal ag fel cymanfâwr, gormod o duedd i daflu allan sylwadau rhy ddigrifol fyddai ei “bechod parod i'w amgylchu,” yr hyn, er hyny, iddo ef, oedd mor naturiol ag anadlu.
      As one who often frequented eisteddfodau, as much as he did singing festivals, his overfondness for making off-the-cuff humorous remarks was his “ever-present besetting sin”, which, in spite of that, was to him as natural as breathing.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eisteddfodwr unchanged unchanged heisteddfodwr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.