dalesman

[ deylz-muhn ]

noun

, plural dales·men.

1. a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.

dalesman

/ ˈdeɪlzmən /

noun

1. a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England

Word History and Origins

Origin of dalesman¹

First recorded in 1760–70; dale + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Would such phonetically-deviant dialect possibly be as incomprehensible in Yorkshire as a dalesman sounded to her?

From The Guardian

By this time, doubtless, she was missed, and he had raised the country, flung wide the alarm, set a score moving, fired the dalesmen from Bowness to Ambleside.

From Project Gutenberg

The footfalls grew louder, a dalesman passed along the centre of the roadway, his steps died away up the hill.

From Project Gutenberg

One dalesman, however, asserted that he passed Hawke not later than one in the afternoon by the church in the centre of the valley.

From Project Gutenberg

For centuries it was the greatest amusement of fellsider, dalesman, and town dweller, and it was no uncommon thing for men to walk, in the pre-railway days, twenty miles to a wrestling meeting.

From Project Gutenberg