Cretan
['kritən]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
Checker: Wayne
Examples
- If he is picked up by the Cretan steamer, and his yacht is now lying at Syra, I have no doubt he will; but it is all the merest chance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Indeed, I have imported here some of the rare Cretan breed—a kind of ibex, which grows to a great size. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Having passed the Island of Cythera during the night, by next morning the yacht was ploughing the placid waters of the Cretan Sea. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As a matter of fact, it is a little-known island, hidden, to speak exactly, in the Cretan Sea, between Telos and Crete. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Cretan labyrinth was a building as stately, complex, and luxurious as any in the ancient world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No victories of the Cretans are allowed to be printed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Ahmed