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Tasmanian, a. and n.|tæzˈmeɪnɪən, tæs-|
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Tasmania in Australasia. In names of animals, plants, etc., native to Tasmania, as Tasmanian devil (see devil 7), T. wolf (see wolf). Also Tasmanian cranberry, Tasmanian currant, Tasmanian honeysuckle, Tasmanian ironwood, etc.: see the ns.
1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. i. 998/3 Many Tasmanian plants bloom throughout the winter months. 1874M. Clarke His Natural Life ii. v. 104 ‘And what books do you read?’.. ‘‘Blair's Sermons,’ and ‘The Tasmanian Almanack’.’ 1920Glasgow Herald 23 July 6 He..attended the royal meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club in the afternoon. 1964W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 157 The Sanderson Brothers & Newbould catalogue has a variation of this called the ‘Tasmanian’ tooth. 1975Listener 7 Aug. 172 The remnants of the four Tasmanian tribes, the last of the 5,000 Tasmanians who were there when the Europeans landed.
B. as n.
a. A member of the aboriginal people of Tasmania, now extinct.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIV. 90/2 That courage was rewarded by the appointment of Mr. Robinson to the office of ‘civilizing’ the Tasmanians at Flinders' Island. 1899J. Milne Romance of Pro-Consul viii. 79 The Tasmanians have now been extinct for years. 1918L. Huxley Life J. D. Hooker I. 106 A meagre record of the thousands of native Tasmanians. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans iv. 120 Of all existing men the Arctic Eskimo is the most leptorrhine and the equatorial negro one of the most platyrrhine, but the Tasmanians, who lived in a temperate climate, were also platyrrhine. 1978Nature 18 May 185/2 Within a few decades they were nearly exterminated by European settlers, until the scattered survivors were removed in 1834 to Flinders Island, where the last full-blooded Tasmanian died in 1876.
b. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania.
1934T. Wood Cobbers xiii. 163 Tasmanians, I found, grumble. 1974Country Life 7 Nov. 1388/2 Although..whaling had started in its adjacent waters, the Tasmanians themselves were prohibited from engaging in the industry. 1978A. Waugh Best Wine Last x. 118 One of my two uncles..married a Tasmanian. |