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ENGLISHMAN |
One from England |
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ANGLO-SAXON |
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one
the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental
(or "Old") Saxon. |
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CONFORMIST |
One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to
the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished
from a dissenter or nonconformist. |
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DISSENTER |
One who separates from the service and worship of an
established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or
tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. |
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FOSSEWAY |
One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans
in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or
ditch on each side for keeping it dry. |
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GYPSY |
One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from
India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered
over Turkey, R... |
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PRISAGE |
...ing two
tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one
before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was... |
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OVER |
From one person or place to another regarded as on the
opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as,
to sail over to E... |
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SELECTMAN |
One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the
New England States to transact the general public business of the town,
and have a kind ... |
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HILARY TERM |
Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common
law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the
thirty-first of ... |
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YANKEE |
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England,
especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an
inhabitant of the Nort... |
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LUDDITE |
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by
breaking it, b... |
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DOMINICAN |
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in
1221. The first... |
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LACROSSE |
...e object being to carry
it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the
field. ... |
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VYING |
...ally in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the
other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for
wine, etc.... |
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THAI |
One from Bangkok |
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ARAB |
One from Arabia |
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SWEDE |
One from Stockholm |
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NEON |
Element from one only |
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EVACUEE |
One fleeing from danger |
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ESCAPIST |
One fleeing from reality |
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EXILES |
Banishes from one’s country |
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WITHDRAW |
Take from one’s account |
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ASIDE |
Away from one's thoughts |
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AUSSIE |
One from Down Under |