Definition of dalesman:

part of speech: noun

One who resides in a district of hills and dales.

Usage examples:

• One dalesman however, asserted that he passed Hawke not later than one in the afternoon by the church in the centre of the valley. A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason in "A Romance of Wastdale".

• His North- country accent proclaimed him a Yorkshire dalesman and the White Rose was popular just then in Fleet Street. Louis Tracy in "The Great Mogul".

• Mary Carvel would give her vote for the Dalesman and Chrysophrasia for Plato, but I have not consulted them; and if I do not consult you, it is because I think I understand your tastes. F. Marion Crawford in "Paul Patoff".

• The gigantic Dalesman kept close to his master's shoulder, rather in his front, cleaving the crowd asunder with his mighty shoulders, utterly regardless of threat or prayer. George A. Lawrence in "Barren Honour: A Novel".