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Finnishman

Finnishman noun: a native or inhabitant of Finland.

Noun

Finnishman (plural Finnishmen)

  1. (rare) A native or inhabitant of Finland.
    • Among the individuals of foreign extraction residing in Sweden the most numerous are Finnishmen, Jews, Germans, Danes and Norwegians.[…]The northern parts of the peninsula of Scandinavia and Finland are inhabited by the Laplanders, who in Sweden and Norway are denominated Lappar, in Norway Finner...1871, The Traveller’s Guide in Sweden and the Most Interesting Places in Norway, with Historical and Statistical Notices, Maps and Some Dialogues of Conversation &c., Stockholm: Adolf Bonnier, […]...
    • Late one afternoon the skipper said he thought that we should have a breeze before nightfall, and the helmsman—an elderly Finnishman—ventured to feel sure that we should.1902 April, J. E. Patterson, “Anecdotes of Sea Superstitions”, in George Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume XXIII (January to June), number 136, London: George...
    Synonyms:
    Finn

Synonyms of Finnishman

Forms of Finnishman

pluralFinnishmen

Origin of Finnishman

From Finnish + -man.

Questions about Finnishman

What does Finnishman mean?
Finnishman means a native or inhabitant of Finland.
What part of speech is Finnishman?
Finnishman is a noun.
What is the plural of Finnishman?
The plural of Finnishman is Finnishmen.

Words near Finnishman in the dictionary

  1. Finnish Lapphunds
  2. Finnish Sign Language
  3. Finnish Spitz
  4. Finnish Spitzes
  5. Finnishization
  6. Finnishman
  7. Finnishmen
  8. Finnishness
  9. Finnley
  10. Finnmark
  11. Finnmarks

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