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dalesman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person from the Yorkshire Dales, or sometimes a person from Lakeland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • January 28 2002, A Harry Griffin, The Guardian, A time to kill. The dalesmen's sport, fox-hunting on the fells, is gradually returning after its 11-months' foot-and-mouth ban.

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noun

Meaning 2

a person who lives in the dales of northern England

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: resident, occupant, occupier

History

Etymology

From dale + -s- + -man.