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Tripolitan, a. (and n.)|trɪˈpɒlɪtən|
[ad. It. tripolitano (in sense a); in sense b, f. Tripolitania (see next).]
a. = tripoline a. 2.
b. = Tripolitanian a. Occas. as n.
1783Miss Tully Let. 3 July in Narrative Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli (1817) 5 The Tripolitan dresses, almost covered with gold and silver,..make a most superb appearance. Ibid. 3 Sept. 24 The Tripolitans carry the right hand from the breast to the forehead..where they mean to be respectful. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 575/2 The Tripolitan pirates soon became the terror and scourge of the Mediterranean. 1896Geogr. Jrnl. VII. 150 The Tripolitan range of hills. 1909G. W. Furlong Gateway to Sahara i. 8 ‘Tripolitans’ signifies the people of the territory, ‘Tripoline’ a dweller in the town of Tripoli. 1913R. G. Usher Pan-Germanism xii. 184 From the ports on the Tripolitan coast..a flank attack could be directed upon the English communications with Suez. 1928V. G. Childe Most Anc. East ii. 25 In the very heart of the Sahara at In-Ezzan, just south of the Tripolitan borders. |