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- noun Plural form of
Welshman .
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Examples
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Northwales, [Sidenote: The welshmen molest the English subiects.] to chastise the presumptuous dooings of the vnrulie Welshmen, who (after his comming from Shrewesburie, and the marches there) had doone much harme to the English subiects.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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Now because the rule of the Britains commonlie called Welshmen, ceassed in this realme, as by confession of their owne writers it appéereth, and that in the end the whole monarchie of the same realme came to the hands of the kings of Westsaxons, we haue thought méet to refer things generall vnto the reignes of the same kings, as before we did in the
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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The Britains otherwise called Welshmen, though for the more part of a peculiar hatred they did impugne the English nation, & the obseruance of the feast of Ester appointed by the whole catholike church, yet (both diuine and humane force vtterlie resisting them) they were not able in neither behalfe to atteine to their wished intentions, as they which though they were partlie frée, yet in some point remained still as thrall and mancipate to the subiection of the Englishmen: who (saith Beda) now in the acceptable time of peace and quietnesse, manie amongst them of
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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Black Welshmen exist, and they have done for centuries.
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The DYDA DISPATCHES: Black Welshmen exist; get over it skip to main | skip to sidebar
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Coleman can point not only to Aaron Ramsey of Arsenal, the Wales captain under Speed, but to other Welshmen making an impression.
Chris Coleman blessed by Gary Speed's legacy but sorrow weighs heavily 2012
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The Stoke manager explained his own non-Sparky gripping stance in 2010 by saying: "We're just two Welshmen with a bit of competition in us."
Consign the handshake to history – or risk a sporting palmdemic | Harry Pearson 2012
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Black Welshmen exist, and they have done for centuries.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The Barmy Army should start recruiting a few Welshmen, if only to add a little lustre to their... hold on.
Pakistan v England – day one live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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He seemed to dominate his Welshmen like a galley-slave skipper; any opponent to him, by definition, was a miserable specimen.
Madcap Wilf Wooller created my Glamorgan angst | Frank Keating 2011
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