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Yorkshireman

Yorkshireman noun: a man from Yorkshire.

Noun

Yorkshireman (plural Yorkshiremen)

  1. A man from Yorkshire.
    • Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn...2024 February 7, Andrew McNaughton, “HS2: a truncated route cuts off city lifelines”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 47

Forms of Yorkshireman

pluralYorkshiremen

Origin of Yorkshireman

From Yorkshire + -man.

Questions about Yorkshireman

What does Yorkshireman mean?
Yorkshireman means a man from Yorkshire.
What part of speech is Yorkshireman?
Yorkshireman is a noun.
What is the plural of Yorkshireman?
The plural of Yorkshireman is Yorkshiremen.

Words near Yorkshireman in the dictionary

  1. Yorkshire Terrier
  2. Yorkshire Terriers
  3. Yorkshire white
  4. Yorkshireism
  5. Yorkshireisms
  6. Yorkshireman
  7. Yorkshiremen
  8. Yorkshireness
  9. Yorkshirepeople
  10. Yorkshireperson
  11. Yorkshirepersons

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