Manks

See also: manks

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæŋks/, enPR: mănks
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

Adjective

Manks (comparative more Manks, superlative most Manks)

  1. Obsolete form of Manx.
    • c. 1648, William Blundell, A History of the Isle of Man:
      […] the others marry with the Manks women, so their children become natives.

Proper noun

Manks

  1. Obsolete form of Manx.
    • 1835, Archibald Cregeen, Dictionary of the Manks Language:
      Those who reckon the extirpation of the Manks language to be a necessary step towards the general extension of English which they deem essential

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Manks

  1. plural of Mank

Etymology 3

Adjective

Manks (comparative more Manks, superlative most Manks)

  1. (colloquial) Something from the English city of Manchester; short for Mancunian, usually "Mancs"

Noun

Manks

  1. variant plural of Manc

Synonyms

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