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Valley dweller
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dalesman
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person from the Yorkshire Dales, or sometimes a person from Lakeland.
Wikipedia
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Dalesman is a British monthly regional magazine , based in Skipton , and serving the English county of Yorkshire . Its first edition was published in March 1939, under the original title of The Yorkshire Dalesman: A Monthly Magazine of Dales' Life and Industry. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dalesman \Dales"man\ (d[=a]lz"man), n.; pl. Dalesmen (d[=a]lz"men). One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. --Macaulay.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who lives in the dales of northern England
Usage examples of dalesman.
She was the only child of a dalesman, who had so far accumulated estate in land as to be known in the vernacular as a statesman.
As the young dalesman was leaving the cottage that morning, he encountered in the porch the subject of the conversation, who was entering in.
The young dalesman looked long into it: his breast heaved with emotion, and for the first time in his manhood big tears stood in his eyes.
Of a more reputable class here is Job Leathes, of Dale Head, a tall, gaunt dalesman, with pale gray eyes.
Reuben, as at that moment the door opened and a tall, ungainly young dalesman, with red hair and with a dogged expression of face, entered the inn.
The young dalesman leaned back on the bench, took a draught of his liquor, rested the pot on his knee, and looked into the fire with the steady gaze of one just out of the darkness.
Ralph recalled some dim memory of the young dalesman asking about his father.
The representatives of the Carlisle high constable were conscious that they had labored under serious disadvantages in their efforts to capture a dalesman in his own stronghold of the mountains.
Early next day, Monday, the young dalesman set about inquiries among the townspeople as to whether a man answering to the description which he gave of Sim had been seen to pass through the town.
Daylight faded, and once more the night came on, but still the brave young dalesman held to his purpose.
The king had thought the appointment of a dalesman to lead the archers in combat a wise move, despite his earlier reservations.
Across the table from the king, the royal magician and the dalesman pelted Lord Harcourt with questions.
One of them, a dalesman by the roughspun tan tunic and breeches he wore, grinned broadly.
As Mal was dealing with the dalesman, the mercenary snatched the wineskin from his hand.
As the dalesman smiled and uncorked the wineskin, Razor John reached for his own dagger.