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Welshman

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɛlʃmən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Walesman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Welsh, Welshry, Cymry, West Briton, Walian, Welshy, Welshie, Cambrian, Cymric, British, Briton, Welsher

2

noun

Meaning 2

a native or resident of Wales

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

Etymology

From Middle English Walishman, equivalent to Welsh + -man.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: galés — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Catalan: gal·lès — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Czech: Velšan — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Czech: Walesan — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Danish: waliser — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Dutch: Welshman — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Esperanto: kimro — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Finnish: walesilainen — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Finnish: kymri — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • French: Gallois — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Galician: galés — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • German: Waliser — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Hungarian: walesi (férfi) — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Irish: Breatnach — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Latin: wallus — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Macedonian: Ве́лшанец (Vélšanec) — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Norwegian Bokmål: waliser — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: walisar — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Polish: Walijczyk — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Portuguese: galês — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Romanian: galez — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Russian: валли́ец (vallíjec) — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Russian: кимр (kimr) — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cuimreach — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Spanish: galés — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Swedish: kymrer — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Swedish: walesare — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Turkish: Galli — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Ukrainian: валлі́єць (vallíjecʹ) — male native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Welsh: Cymro — male native or inhabitant of Wales