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Pisan, n. and a.|ˈpiːzən| [ad. It. Pisano, f. L. Pisān-us of or belonging to Pisæ, a city in Etruria.] A. n. A native or inhabitant of Pisa, a city in central Italy situated on the river Arno.
1613Parsons & Fitz-Herbert Suppl. Discuss. M. D. Barlowe's Answere ii. 81 The wars betwene the Pisans and the Genoueses by sea. 1705Addison Remarks Italy 18 Their Fleet, that formerly gain'd so many Victories over the Saracens, Pisans, Venetians, [etc.]. 1813J. Forsyth Remarks Excursion Italy 12 Many Pisans, however, are of the old opinion. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola I. i. viii. 146 ‘Pisans false, Florentines blind’—the second half of that proverb will hold no longer. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xxiv. 252 To be buried in such ground was regarded by the ancient Pisans as..potent for salvation. 1875K. O'Clery Hist. Italian Revolution i. 30 The island [sc. Sardinia] was conquered and assigned to the Pisans as a fief of the Holy See. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 280 Like the Pisans, the Aztecs had the wit to leave a wide open space all round the monument. 1973Country Life 16 Aug. 450/2 The Sards have always hated the sea, from whence came all their invaders, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Pisans, Genoese, [etc.]. 1975Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 14 Mar. 10/4 Pisans do not believe that successive ministers and commissions will ever do anything to arrest the inevitable. One day the Tower will flop down. B. adj. Of or pertaining to Pisa; spec. Pisan assistance, assistance rendered too late to be effective.
1813J. Forsyth Remarks Excursion Italy 36 The Pisan chains hang like a fair trophy on the foreign bank of Genoa. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xii. 210 You and your pleas and proofs were what folks call Pisan assistance, aid that comes too late. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xxiv. 252 A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear⁓jug. 1904J. M. Stone Reformation & Renaissance ii. 62 The Pisan Pope and his followers were already there, and for a time it seemed as though they might carry all before them. 1936A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. iii. 30 Southern Italy.., touched here with Lombard and there with Pisan influence. 1951A. R. Lewis Naval Power & Trade in Mediterranean vi. 224 Genoese and Pisan fleets helped open up the Rhone Valley route. 1973Country Life 16 Aug. 451/2 Oretelli, where the Parish Church is Pisan of the 13th century. 1975Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 14 Mar. 10/4, I returned with a Pisan friend to the Campo dei Miracoli to have a final look at the Tower. |