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Yorkshireperson

Yorkshireperson noun: a person from Yorkshire.

Noun

Yorkshireperson (plural Yorkshirepeople or Yorkshirepersons)

  1. A person from Yorkshire.
    • After 'class war', we now apparently have 'location war'. If this idea is allowed to progress beyond Ms Harperson's terrifyingly one-track mind, hundreds of public organisations will have to have special quotas for Yorkshirepersons or Cornishpersons whenever a vacancy occurs.2009 July 15, “Rights for Northerners. A PC honours list. What have we done to deserve Harriet Harperson and her equality maniacs?”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    • Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley.2011 August 21, “Pass notes, No 3,030: Anne Hathaway”, in The Guardian

Forms of Yorkshireperson

pluralYorkshirepeople
pluralYorkshirepersons

Origin of Yorkshireperson

From Yorkshire + -person.

Questions about Yorkshireperson

What does Yorkshireperson mean?
Yorkshireperson means a person from Yorkshire.
What part of speech is Yorkshireperson?
Yorkshireperson is a noun.
What is the plural of Yorkshireperson?
The plural of Yorkshireperson is Yorkshirepeople.

Words near Yorkshireperson in the dictionary

  1. Yorkshireisms
  2. Yorkshireman
  3. Yorkshiremen
  4. Yorkshireness
  5. Yorkshirepeople
  6. Yorkshireperson
  7. Yorkshirepersons
  8. Yorkshires
  9. Yorkshirewoman
  10. Yorkshirewomen
  11. Yorkshirism

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