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Thuringian, a. and n.|θjʊˈrɪndʒɪən|
[f. the name Thuringia (see below) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to (the inhabitants of) Thuringia, a region of central Germany, in mediæval times a principality.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Thuringia.
1607E. Topsell Foure-footed Beasts 293 The Thuringean horsses are neighbors to Hessis. 1618Selden Hist. Tithes vi. 90 As in the examples which wee anon have of the Turingians, and those of Holtz. 1812C. Butler Hist. Revolutions of Empire of Germany App. 35 The electorate was successively enjoyed by Frederick the warlike, and Frederick the wise, of the Thuringian branch of the Wittikindian stem. 1839J. F. Stanford Jrnl. 21 Sept. in Rambles & Researches in Thuringian Saxony (1842) 2 Old Palace of Friedenstein..commanding the finest view of the Thuringian Forest. 1839― Let. Aug. in Ibid. 158 In physical development the Thuringians..are..fine powerful men. 1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork iii. 232 Small plates for tea or dessert, in Thuringian ware, imitating old Dresden. 1974P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 41 The Münchs had living with them..a brother of Frau Münch's, a general who..spoke such total Thuringian dialect that I never learned to understand a word he said. 1975F. Heer Charlemagne & his World ix. 121 Hessians and Franconians were divisions of the Austrasian sub-kingdom... The Thuringians were a distinct group, but fairly well assimilated into France. |