Cornishman
noun
Cornishman is a noun meaning “A man from Cornwall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-R-N-I-S-H-M-A-N, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Cornishman is Cornishmen.
What does Cornishman mean?
noun
- 1
A man from Cornwall.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Cornishman
- Cornishmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Cornishman?
Cornishman appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cornishman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man from Cornwall:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Cornique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Cornishman come from?
From Cornish + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).