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Kerrywoman

Kerrywoman noun: a woman from Kerry in Ireland.

Noun

Kerrywoman (plural Kerrywomen)

  1. A woman from Kerry in Ireland.
    • To cover for her husbandʼs silence, with a Kerrywomanʼs forthrightness, Doady said, ‘Weʼll go our own way.’2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), page 360

Forms of Kerrywoman

pluralKerrywomen

Origin of Kerrywoman

From Kerry + woman.

Questions about Kerrywoman

What does Kerrywoman mean?
Kerrywoman means a woman from Kerry in Ireland.
What part of speech is Kerrywoman?
Kerrywoman is a noun.
What is the plural of Kerrywoman?
The plural of Kerrywoman is Kerrywomen.

Words near Kerrywoman in the dictionary

  1. Kerryman
  2. Kerryman joke
  3. Kerryman jokes
  4. Kerrymen
  5. Kerryn
  6. Kerrywoman
  7. Kerrywomen
  8. kers
  9. kersantite
  10. kersanton
  11. kersantons

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