irishman

Noun
US[ahy-rish-muhn]/ˈaɪrɪʃmən/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a man who is a native or inhabitant of IrelandType of Irish person, manKinds Paddy, MickMember of Ireland, Hibernia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

I′rish·man noun; pl. Irishmen (…).

A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.

Irishman's hurricane Nautical, a dead calm. — Irishman's reef. Nautical See Irish reef, under Irish, adjective

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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