| slovo | definícia |
walloon
(encz) | Walloon, |
Walloon
(gcide) | Walloons \Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. Walloon. [Cf. F. wallon.]
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which
comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li['e]ge, and
Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot
with a spear." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so
called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
[1913 Webster] |
walloon
(wn) | Walloon
n 1: a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
2: a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of
France |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
walloon
(encz) | Walloon, |
Walloon guard
(gcide) | Walloons \Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. Walloon. [Cf. F. wallon.]
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which
comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li['e]ge, and
Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot
with a spear." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so
called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
[1913 Webster] |
Walloons
(gcide) | Walloons \Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. Walloon. [Cf. F. wallon.]
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which
comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li['e]ge, and
Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot
with a spear." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so
called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
[1913 Webster] |
walloon
(wn) | Walloon
n 1: a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
2: a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of
France |
walloons
(wn) | Walloons
n 1: an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in
southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of
France |
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