"Finnishman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Finnishmen [plural]
Etymology: From Finnish + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Finnish|man}} Finnish + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|Finnishmen}} Finnishman (plural Finnishmen)
  1. (rare) A native or inhabitant of Finland. Tags: rare Synonyms: Finn
    Sense id: en-Finnishman-en-noun-zyuV03i7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1871, The Traveller’s Guide in Sweden and the Most Interesting Places in Norway, with Historical and Statistical Notices, Maps and Some Dialogues of Conversation &c., Stockholm: Adolf Bonnier, […], pages 17 and 203",
          "text": "Among the individuals of foreign extraction residing in Sweden the most numerous are Finnishmen, Jews, Germans, Danes and Norwegians.[…]The northern parts of the peninsula of Scandinavia and Finland are inhabited by the Laplanders, who in Sweden and Norway are denominated Lappar, in Norway Finner, whereas the Finnishmen, who are settled in Norway, are called Quäner.",
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          "ref": "1902 April, J. E. Patterson, “Anecdotes of Sea Superstitions”, in George Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume XXIII (January to June), number 136, London: George Newnes, Ltd., […], page 427",
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          "ref": "1911 January 28, Harry Irving Greene, “The Whimsicalee”, in George [Brinton McClellan] Harvey, editor, Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, volume LV, number 2823, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 13",
          "text": "And in that merry and blithesome crew / Were Malay and Portugee, / Turkeyman, Irishman, Finnishman, Yankeeman, Blackamoor, señors of Spain, Kidd, in his gallows rig, Satan and Cain, / Myself and a chimpanzee.",
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          "ref": "1914, Conditions in the Copper Mines of Michigan: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Mines and Mining, House of Representatives, Sixty-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 387, a Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on Mines and Mining to Make an Investigation of Conditions in the Copper Mines of Michigan, February 9-14, 1914, part I, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 470",
          "text": "[Jonas R.] Winberg. It is a Finnishman that is called Jeff Lukkaila.",
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          "ref": "2003, Sarah Zettel, The Usurper’s Crown: A Novel of Isavalta, New York, N.Y.: Tor, page 39",
          "text": "“And we’re doin’ nuthin’ ’tall for ’em by standin’ here,” announced Elias Ilkka, a squat, dark Finnishman, tough as tarred rope and the nominal leader of the itinerant fisherman who clung to the shore of Sand Island.",
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