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- noun A man from
Yorkshire , England.
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Examples
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"I'm from Yorkshire, and the definition of a Yorkshireman is a Scotsman with all the generosity squeezed out," he announced.
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Having finally given up on an international recall the Yorkshireman has decamped from Headingley to nearby Leicestershire where he is the new captain.
Cricket365 | Cricket 2010
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At 40, Grayson is 13 years Strachan's junior but the impressive Yorkshireman, in charge of Leeds for the 100th time on Saturday, appears appreciably more mature, not to mention dignified, than his one time mentor.
Gordon Strachan running out of time to revive Middlesbrough's fortunes Louise Taylor at the Riverside 2010
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In 1962, the Yorkshireman ignited an intense debate about group selection with his 650-page tome Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behavior, in which he suggested that animals are not, as Darwin supposed, always striving to increase their numbers but are instead programmed to regulate them for the greater good.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The closer to Scotland they lived, the more suspicious they often were, and, though not a borderer, Lord Hotham certainly was a Yorkshireman.
N.B. 2009
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Eric Illsley: proud Yorkshireman caught up in MPs' expenses scandal
Eric Illsley awaits sentencing over expenses conviction 2011
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Redzepi's number two chef, a quiet, big-browed Yorkshireman called Sam Miller, is also here.
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Your comment about the 'grey Lancastrian lunchtime' is clear evidence of anti-Lancashire bias from a known Yorkshireman, and is not what I'd expect from the Guardian.
Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United - as it happened John Ashdown 2010
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I have been given the Freedom of Barnsley, honorary doctorates at Leeds, Sheffield Hallam and Huddersfield universities and I have been voted Yorkshireman of the Year.
US Open champion Rory McIlroy awarded MBE in New Year honours list 2011
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The Yorkshireman has achieved much but also created many enemies due to his strong opinions and even stronger barbs.
QPR celebrations after win at Watford tinged with fear of sanctions 2011
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