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Austrasian, a. and n.|ɔːˈstreɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. med.L. Austrasia, Ostrasia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Germanic part of the Frankish empire east of the Rhine.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Austrasia.
1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. xxxviii. 598 The remote province was separated from his Austrasian dominions, by the intermediate kingdoms of Soissons, Paris, and Orleans. 1833S. A. Dunham Hist. Eur. Middle Ages II. i. 13 He restored Brunehild to the Austrasians. 1874Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. i. 9 The Austrasian domination was more purely Germanic than the Neustrian which it superseded. 1924Public Opinion 27 June 618/3 The Moroccan divisions of her army stood as unshakable as Austrasian Franks. |