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Tunisian, n. and a.|tjuːˈnɪzɪən|
[f. Tunis + -ian, or Tunisia + -an (see below): cf. the earlier Tunisine n. and a.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the country of Tunisia in North Africa (or of its capital Tunis), or of the former Barbary state of Tunis which preceded it.
b. The demotic speech of the Tunisians.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to Tunisia, or Tunis.
1825J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. i. vi. 175 The Tunisians are much more agriculturists than their neighbors either of Tripoli or Algiers. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 361/1 Grain is frequently imported into the Tunisian territory. 1891O. Wilde Pict. Dorian Gray xi. 199 Yellow-shawled Tunisians plucked at the strained strings of monstrous lutes. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 483/2 No doubt in vulgar Tunisian a good many Berber words remain. 1926A. Huxley Let. 31 Dec. (1969) 279, I hope the children's Tunisian dates will arrive fairly soon. 1958Ann. Reg. 1957 325 The Franco-Tunisian customs union. 1973‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xvii. 217 There was a police guard..a young Tunisian with a peaked cap. |