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peninsular, a. (n.)|pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə(r)|
[f. L. type *pæninsulār-is: cf. F. péninsulaire (1556 in Hatz.-Darm.): see prec. and -ar.]
Of, belonging to, or of the nature of a peninsula.
1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. 82 Inclosed after a peninsular figure between Danubius and the sea. a1771R. Wood Ess. Homer, Troade (1775) 312 Its compact peninsular form. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xii. 123 An insular or peninsular site was specially sought out.
b. spec. (usually with capital.) Of or pertaining to the peninsula of Spain and Portugal, or (esp.) the war carried on there in 1808–14 between the French under Napoleon and the English, Spanish, and Portuguese under Wellington.
1812L. Hunt in Examiner 21 Sept. 594/2 The main objects of the peninsular War. a1863Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry ii, He is an old Peninsular man. 1891Chambers' Encycl. VIII. 26/2 Peninsular and Oriental Company..in 1840..had then had an existence of three years' duration as the Peninsular Company, which carried mails to Portugal and the South of Spain. 1899Sir H. Maxwell Wellington I. xiv. 373 The Peninsular Campaign.
B. n.
a. An inhabitant of a peninsula.
b. A soldier of the Peninsular war.
1888Q. Rev. CLXVII. 196 He [Besant] speaks of the ruffling captain, who was no doubt ‘an old Peninsular’. 1889Nation (N.Y.) 17 Oct. 319/2 The Arabs traded with the far-off peninsulars. |