[Ads-l] Antedating of "Demonym"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Peter Morris wrote:
> https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Papers_in_linguistics_from_the_1972_Conf/wpT2EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=demonym&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover
>
> Papers in Linguistics from the 1972 Conference on Iroquoian Research
>
>
> "toponyms (= place names in general, including what I will call demonyms
> = settlement names) "
> bottom of page 51.
>
> the paper uses the word several times.

That is an interesting match. I also came across that match while
searching, but the sense does not seem to match the desired sense,
i.e., "A proper name by which a native or resident of a specific place
is known."

I also came across citations for the first two senses listed in the
OED which are both labeled obsolete.
Garson

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