Alsatian

[æl'seiʃjən]

Definition

(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Alsace.

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants .

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Definition

(a.) Pertaining to Alsatia.

(n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.

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Definition

adj. of or pertaining to Alsatia (Ger. Elsass) a province between France and Germany.—n. a rogue or debauchee such as haunted Alsatia—a cant name for Whitefriars a district in London between the Thames and Fleet Street which enjoyed privileges of sanctuary down to 1697 and was consequently infested with lawless characters. See Scott's Fortunes of Nigel.

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