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Tyrolean, a. and n.|tɪrəʊˈliːən, tɪˈrəʊliːən| Also -ian. [f. Tyrol (see def.) + -ean. Cf. F. tyrolien.] a. adj. Belonging to Tyrol (often called ‘the Tyrol’), a former crown land of Austria-Hungary, embracing the present Austrian province of Tyrol and parts of northern Italy. Tyrolean hat, a soft felt hat with a brim turned up at the sides and usu. a feather cockade. b. n. A native or inhabitant of Tyrol. Also = Tyrolean hat above. So Tyroler |ˈtɪrələ(r)| [G. Tyroler, Tiroler: see -er] (a) n., = Tyrolean b; also, the dialect of German spoken in the Tyrol; (b) adj., = Tyrolean a; Tyrolese |-ˈiːz| a. and n. = Tyrolean; ‖ tyrolienne |tɪrəʊlɪˈɛn| [F., fem. of tyrolien Tyrolean], a dance or song of the Tyrolese peasants, or in the style of this.
1805Times 7 Nov. 2/3 The greatest part of those prisoners taken..belong to.. the *Tyrolian Chasseurs. 1809Repos. of Arts II. 388/1 The attachment of the Tyroleans..to their emperors was always firm. 1859Habits Gd. Soc. vi. (new ed.) 232 Except for the occasional playing of Tyrolean minstrels, [the zither is] unknown in this country. 1906Temple Bar Mag. Jan. 33 Green Tyrolean hats with feathers. 1909Cent. Dict. Supp., Tyrolian. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 361/2 Tyrolean hat, soft brimmed felt hat. 1973T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow iii. 495 Von Göll tips an invisible Tyrolean to old ladies in black who've come out in pairs to get some sun.
1887M. Howitt Let. 21 June in Autobiogr. (1889) II. ix. 345 Father Paul..has been ill.., but being able to say Mass this morning, he, a *Tyroler Benedictine, remembered our Queen's Jubilee, and made it his intention. 1891Cent. Dict., Tyroler. 1899Daily News 20 Dec. 6/6 They got guides familiar with the ground, and..outflanked the Tyrolers. 1923E. Hemingway Three Stories & Ten Poems 18 Part of the time he talked in D'Ampezzo dialect and sometimes in Tyroler German dialect... Peduzzi decided to talk altogether in Tyroler. 1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service (U.S. ed.) xxvii. 295 A dark-grey Tyroler outfit with the traditional dark-green trimmings and stag's-horn buttons.
1809Repos. of Arts II. 388 Portrait of the *Tyrolese Deputies. Ibid. 389 He stipulated that the privileges of the Tyrolese..should remain entire. 1844A. P. de Lisle in E. Purcell Life (1900) I. vii. 131 Columns of white Tyrolese marble. 1872Ruskin Fors Clav. (1896) I. xix. 373 The Tyrolese mountains. 1898Review of Rev. Feb. 181/2 The Tyrolese..a sterling, sober-minded people.
1889W. B. Squire in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 198 The best-known example of an artificial ‘*Tyrolienne’ is the well-known ‘Chœur Tyrolien’ in Act iii of Rossini's ‘Guillaume Tell’. |