Ultonian, a. and n.
(ʌlˈtəʊnɪən)
[f. med.L. Ultonia Ulster, f. OIr. Ult-, Ulaid: see Ultagh.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Ulster.
| 1766 O'Conor Dissert. Hist. Irel. 50 The Ultonian Heberlans followed the Example. Ibid. 158 The Establishment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth. 1865 S. Ferguson Lays Western Gael, Tain-Quest 23 In the ransom-races..to run 'Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 245/2 The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian. |
B. n. An inhabitant or native of Ulster.
| 1781 C. Vallancey Lit. Irish in Heathen Times 9 He..was banished by the Ultonians the year following. 1837 W. F. Skene Highlanders I. viii. 210 The Ultonians, or inhabitants of the north of Ireland, were Cruithne. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 246/1 If the Scots failed to subdue the south thoroughly, they succeeded in crushing the Ultonians. |