Cornishperson
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person from Cornwall.
"A London evening paper, The Glowworm, generally well informed on political and some other matters, has come out this week with some “exclusive information” concerning Cornish mines and miners. “There is,” says our contemporary, “fearful distress in Cornwall,” and—nothing like going from home for home news—“it is mainly attributable to the apathetic nature characteristic of the inhabitants of the West of England.” It may be proof of our apathy to make the admission, but we confess we were not aware that Cornishpeople were particularly apathetic: we never knew they had so distinguished themselves."
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More examples"A London evening paper, The Glowworm, generally well informed on political and some other matters, has come out this week with some “exclusive information” concerning Cornish mines and miners. “There is,” says our contemporary, “fearful distress in Cornwall,” and—nothing like going from home for home news—“it is mainly attributable to the apathetic nature characteristic of the inhabitants of the West of England.” It may be proof of our apathy to make the admission, but we confess we were not aware that Cornishpeople were particularly apathetic: we never knew they had so distinguished themselves."
Etymology
From Cornish + -person.