Irisher colloq.
(ˈaɪərɪʃə(r))
[f. Irish a. + -er1.]
A person of Irish origin, an Irishman.
| 1807 C. Schultz Let. 15 July in Trav. on Inland Voy. (1810) I. 8 The inhabitants are mostly of German descent, and still, in a great measure, retain their national prejudices, and consider all who do not speak their own language either as Yankees or Irishers. 1832 J. Barrington Personal Sk. Own Times (ed. 2) III. 35 What would the poor Irishers have done in owld times? 1854 Mrs. Gaskell North & S. (1855) II. iii. 35 This indignation was tempered..by contempt for ‘them Irishers’. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 283 A big, red-headed Irisher. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xi. 90 I'm a Wop Irisher from Boston. 1973 M. Mackintosh King & Two Queens xii. 180 I'm only a no-account Irisher, but I like to pay my debts. |