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Hallamite
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English
Etymology
From en Hallam -ite.
Noun
Someone with a connection to Hallamshire or modern-day Sheffield, especially:
en 1864 Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss Charles William Quin John Cargill Brough Thomas Archer (of London) William Bernhard Tegetmeier William Jeffery Prowse England's Workshops 108 An enthusiastic Caledonian will occasionally talk about "that part of Scotland called England;" so enthusiastic Hallamites would seem to look upon the great county of York as a mere appendage to their own dear Hallamshire.
en 1890 George Howell The conflicts of capital and labour historically and economically considered, a history and review of the trade unions of Great Britain 411 The annual Congresses date from one held in Manchester, in Whitsun-week, 1868, and not from that held previously in Sheffield, although the Hallamites lay claim to the parentage of these annual assemblies.
A player or supporter of Hallam F.C.
en 2013-05-13 Adrian Harvey Football: The First Hundred Years: The Untold Story Routledge 9781134269112 104 although Hallam borrowed three other players from Norton, the match was totally one-sided with the handful of Hallamites and their unlikely allies being completely outclassed.
A student or graduate of Sheffield Hallam University.
en Varsity Chants 2016: The best and the worst We know our place (exactly), and we’re more than happy to laud it over the Hallamites. The Tab https://archive.thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2016/04/18/varsity-chants-2016-best-worst-15273 Calum Paver 2016-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20260513045524/https://archive.thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2016/04/18/varsity-chants-2016-best-worst-15273 13 May 2026
en A Totally Objective Ranking of Every UK University Logo This used to have the retro 90s reversed-out negative space look, with the slogan “Sharpens your thinking” which a Hallamite friend of mine pithily altered to “Sharpens your drinking”. Medium Robin Wilde 2021-12-27
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In the style of a person named Hallam, especially:
en 1932 04 Town & Country And when the young rebel Hallam gets to Paris, if he ever does, he is going to admit this rightness, if he only does it on some rainy day while sitting at the "Cupola" (the Dôme's latest rival), listening to some emancipated Hallamite artists tearing everything to pieces after too many Pernods.
The poet Arthur Hallam.
en 1986 Daniel A. Harris Tennyson and Personification: The Rhetoric of "Tithonus" His personifying requires that he give over the Hallamite project of recreating Figuring the Dawn's "Lucid Outline".
The campaigner Roger Hallam (activist) Roger Hallam.
en 2023 The Bristol Activist In the Hallamite model of protest, arrest is considered a show of sacrifice, which is in turn believed to win sympathy for the cause. The Public Order Act pushes us to rethink what protest can be https://jrward81.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/public-order-act-pushes-rethink-what-protest-can-be/ https://web.archive.org/web/20261020180126/https://jrward81.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/public-order-act-pushes-rethink-what-protest-can-be/ 20 October 2026