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noun
One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern-day Belize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A sickbay nurse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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noun
A rural Newfoundlander, as opposed to a townie (city dweller).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland
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History
Etymology tree English bay Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bayman From bay + -man.
