Cornish
Americanadjective
noun
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the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
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one of an English breed of chickens raised chiefly for crossing with other breeds to produce roasters.
adjective
noun
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a former language of Cornwall, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Breton: extinct by 1800
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(functioning as plural) the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
Etymology
Origin of Cornish
1350–1400; late Middle English, apparently syncopated variant of Middle English Cornwelisse. See Cornwall, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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Cornwall Wildlife Trust has recorded more than 270 dead puffins just on Cornish beaches this year - compared to just two in the whole of last year.
From BBC
For the small Cornish village of Cardinham the rain so far this year really has been relentless.
From BBC
Shoppers in a Tesco branch in Cornwall were left amused after spotting bilingual signs in Welsh rather than Cornish.
From BBC
Five of them are near the route of the Trail between Padstow and Bodmin - which is popular for walkers and cyclists to explore the Cornish countryside.
From BBC
As a child, she also read Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books, which follow the lives of girls at a Cornish boarding school in the 1940s and 50s.
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