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‖ Liégeois, n. (and a.)|ljeʒwa|
Also † Liegois, Liègeois, and without accent. Pl. same.
[Fr.]
A native or inhabitant of the Belgian city or province of Liège. Also (with lower-case initial) as adj., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Liège or its inhabitants.
1596T. Danett tr. P. de Commines's Historie 51 A few of the Liegeois after they were put to flight relied themselves togither at their cariage. 1699M. Lister Journey to Paris 208 To furnish all this Water, there is a most stupendious [sic] Machine, which was invented by 2 Liegois. 1769‘Coriat, Junior’ Another Trav. (ed. 2) I. i. v. 37 All the officers, French and Liegois, of any distinction, were there. 1823Scott Quentin D. II. ix. 221 Well were the Liegeois then assured, that..this Charles..would have given their town up to spoil. 1961T. Henrot Belgium 68 Liège..remains most independent in its ways and rather disdainful of what is not ‘liégeois’. 1989Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 17 Bertrand blames the folie de grandeur of the socialist administration..and the bizarre financial optimism of the Liègeois. |