north countryman

noun

Someone from the north of England.

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Meanings

nounnorth countryman (plural north countrymen)

plural north countrymen

  1. Someone from the north of England.

    You must look at Bewick to see just what it was like, for he has drawn it a hundred times with the care and the love of a true north countryman […].

    1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies
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    James Middleton, a wandering north-countryman, […] declared himself to be a Stuart, sprung from a line of Scottish kings, and endowed with a special power to heal the falling sickness.

    1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 195

Origin

From north country + man.

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APA

north countryman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20countryman

MLA

“north countryman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20countryman. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “north countryman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20countryman.

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