Definition of Cornwall

1. Noun. A hilly county in southwestern England.

Generic synonyms: County
Group relationships: England
Member holonyms: Cornishman, Cornishwoman

Definition of Cornwall

1. Proper noun. A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornwall

Cornish pasty
Cornish wrestling
Cornishman
Cornishmen
Cornishness
Cornishwoman
Cornishwomen
Cornus
Cornus amomum
Cornus canadensis
Cornus florida
Cornus mas
Cornus obliqua
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus stolonifera
Cornwall
Cornwallis
Corokia
Coromandel gooseberry
Corona Australis
Corona Austrina
Corona Borealis
Corona Corona
Coronado
Coronaviridae
Coronilla varia
Coropuna
Corot
Corpus Christi
Correggio

Literary usage of Cornwall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1860)
"CHRISTIAN. u Lord Coke, in the Prince's case, in the 8th Report, has expressly advanced, that the of cornwall cannot descend, upon the death of the king's ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"IN 1893 there marched in the vanguard of Coxey's Army a husky youngster whose name was cornwall. Today he stands as one of Canada's most widely known men. ..."

3. The Genealogist's Guide by George William Marshall (1893)
"A Complete Parochial History of the County of cornwall, iii. 123. ... An Historical Survey of cornwall, by CS Gilbert, ii. 277. The Visitations of cornwall, ..."

4. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"ARE THERE JEWS IN cornwall ? intended for the refuse of the borings, possibly the refuse of the mines, but pronounced in Saxon fashion it might readily have ..."

5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"It is therefore remarkable that, even in cornwall, the landowners in the days of King Eadward seem by their names to have been almost wholly English. ..."

6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Victoria history of the counties of England : cornwall, 1. ... Flett, JS [Notes on igneous rocks from Pentire Point Cliff, St. Minver cornwall.] Penzance. ..."

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