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Northumbers

Northumbers is the plural of Northumber.

Meaning of Northumber

Noun

Northumber (plural Northumbers)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) A Northumbrian.
    • From this monastery, all the churches of Bernicia, or the northern part of the kingdom of the Northumbers from the Tine to the Firth of Edinburgh, had their beginning ; as had some also of those of the Deïri, who inhabited the southern part of the same kingdom from the Tine to the Humber.1821, Alban Butler, The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, volume 8, John Murphy, pages 546–547

Questions about Northumbers

What is Northumbers the plural of?
Northumbers is the plural of Northumber.

Words near Northumbers in the dictionary

  1. Northumberland County
  2. Northumberland Park
  3. Northumberland Strait
  4. Northumberlander
  5. Northumberlanders
  6. Northumbers
  7. Northumbria
  8. Northumbrian
  9. Northumbrians
  10. Northup
  11. northupite

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