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Cornish

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Cornish
  2. Cornish chough
  3. Cornish diamond
  4. Cornish elm
  5. Cornish heath
  6. Cornish pastry
  7. Cornish pasty
  8. Cornish rex
  9. Cornish stone
  10. Rock Cornish
  11. Rock Cornish hen

1Cor·nish

adjective \ˈkȯr-nish\

: of or relating to Cornwall or the people of Cornwall

Full Definition of CORNISH

:  of, relating to, or characteristic of Cornwall, Cornishmen, or Cornish
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Origin of CORNISH

Middle English Cornysshe, from Cornwaile Cornwall, England
First Known Use: 14th century

2Cornish

noun

Definition of CORNISH

1
:  the Celtic language of Cornwall
2
:  any of an English breed of domestic chickens much used in crossbreeding for meat production — compare rock cornish hen
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First Known Use of CORNISH

1547

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