A Dane. Denmark used to be called Danskë. Hence Poloʹnius says to Reynaldo, “Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris.” (Hamlet, ii. 1.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.