a. Obs. Also 3 londisse, 5 landysshe. [f. LAND sb. + -ISH.] a. Belonging to the land or country; native. b. Of the commons or common people.
a. 1300. K. Horn, 634. Al wiþ sarazines kyn, And none londisse Men [Ritson Mid unlondisshe menne, Of Sarazynes kenne].
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., I. x. 26. They putte no dyfference betwene them [sc. the noblemen] & the landishmen. Ibid., xxiv. 76. The … alarme that the landysshe peple or commons maken.
