fenman
English
Etymology
fen + -man
Noun
fenman (plural fenmen)
- A (male) inhabitant of the fens.
- 1987, Anthony Fletcher, Order and Disorder in Early Modern England, page 167:
- But Lilburne's presence has been equally problematic for those historians who have examined the activities and attitudes of the fenmen whom Lilburne, and his Leveller colleague, John Wildman, temporarily led.
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Coordinate terms
- fenwoman