Connaughtman
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Connaughtman (plural Connaughtmen)
- Dated form of Connachtman.
- 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Relating how Doctor Toole and Captain Devereux Went on a Moonlight Errand”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 85:
- "Where the deuce did that broganeer, O'Flaherty, come from?" said Cluffe, confidentially, to old Major O'Neill.
"A Connaughtman," answered the Major, with a grim smile, for he was himself of that province and was, perhaps, a little bit proud of his countryman.