fenman

[ fen-muhn ]

noun,plural fen·men.British.
  1. a dweller in the Fens of England.

Origin of fenman

1
First recorded in 1600–10; fen1 + -man

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How to use fenman in a sentence

  • Our fenmen can wear a mail-shirt as easily as a frock, and handle a twybill as neatly as a breviary.

  • Why did he not push on at once against the one rebellion left alight,—that of Hereward and his fenmen?

  • Several of the other Fenmen had been shouting for some time to Beric's boatmen, and their craft had been lagging behind.

    Beric the Briton | G. A. Henty
  • These Fenmen have a story among themselves that such beasts lived in the heart of the swamp here when they first fled before us.

    Beric the Briton | G. A. Henty
  • The Fenmen this time ventured to land, but Beric's boatman questioned him anxiously about the monsters.

    Beric the Briton | G. A. Henty