Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall, England.
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- noun A woman from
Cornwall .
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- noun a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall
Etymologies
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Examples
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The small round Cornishwoman set down her tray abruptly on the table, and the smile dropped from her face.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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But the hard-eyed Cornishwoman was looking at her with an odd surprised kind of approval.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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The small round Cornishwoman set down her tray abruptly on the table, and the smile dropped from her face.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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But the hard-eyed Cornishwoman was looking at her with an odd surprised kind of approval.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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The small round Cornishwoman set down her tray abruptly on the table, and the smile dropped from her face.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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But the hard-eyed Cornishwoman was looking at her with an odd surprised kind of approval.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002
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At Hartshead Patrick Brontë married in 1812 Maria Branwell, a Cornishwoman, and there two children were born to him, Maria (1813-1825) and Elizabeth (1814-1825).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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