vectensianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Vectensian (plural Vectensians)

1. someone from the Isle of Wight
   • 1914, John Morgan Richards, Almost Fairyland, personal notes concerning the Isle of Wight:

     I have never been able to appreciate nor to understand why it is that Vectensians are constantly challenged to explain why they live in the Isle of Wight at all.

   • 2007, Mark Gardiner, “The” Archaeological Journal, →ISBN, page 13:

     In reality, a readily agreed confederation seems the most likely course for Vectensians in AD 43.

   • 2019, Skye Smith, Knut - Forkbeard's Peace: Novel Four of the Knut Series by Skye Smith, Skye Smith, →ISBN:

     The Isle of Wight had been a winter port for Danish and Norse ships off and on for a century or more, and during this decade the Vectensians had begun to welcome visits by such ships.

   Synonym: Isle of Wighter