Definitions for welshes

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welshes welsh

Spelling: [welsh, welch]

IPA: /wɛlʃ, wɛltʃ/

Welshes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in welshes (eehlssw).

Definitions for welshes

noun

1. the inhabitants of Wales and their descendants elsewhere.
2. Also called Cymric, Kymric. the Celtic language of Wales.
3. one of a white, lop-eared breed of swine of Welsh origin that produces a large amount of lean meat.

adjective

1. of or relating to Wales, its people, or their language.

verb (used without object)

1. to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt:
2. to go back on one's word:

Origin of welshes

First recorded in 1855-60; perhaps special use of Welsh

Examples for welshes

The welsh people, by bloodless victory, have won the respect of all mankind.

We have Matthew Rhys from The Americans as a welsh separatist.

At this point the channel is so broad that the welsh mountains can scarcely be distinguished.

In 1984, a group of lesbian and gay activists joined forces with striking UK miners to help local welsh communities.

He is a curate—a welsh curate;—you are yet Mr. Beaufort, a rich and a great man.

In time, he became one of the most famous scholars in welsh history.

He'll be played by Grahame Fox, a journeyman welsh actor who's appeared on the U.K. soap EastEnders and the TV series Casualty.

A welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit.

One young woman, when asked this question, looked me up and down intoned, in a slow, rural welsh accent, “Back to the apes.”

The royal couple then traveled on to the welsh capital of Cardiff to watch a rugby match between Wales and Australia.