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Calabrian, a. and n.|kəˈleɪbrɪən|
[f. Calabria (see below) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Calabria, a region of Italy (anciently the south-eastern, now the south-western, projection of the Italian peninsula).
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Calabria (see also quot. 1905).
1594Kyd Cornelia v. 239 As in the faire Calabrian fields. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 599 The Calabrian, Milesian, and Arentinean sheepe. 1615Sandys Travels iv. 250 There are not that professe Christ, a more vnciuill people then the vulgar Calabrians. Ibid., A certaine Calabrian hearing that I was an Englishman, came to me. 1783H. More Let. (1925) 88 The miseries which have visited the devoted Calabrians. a1821Keats Otho (1848) v. v, What wine? The strong Iberian juice, or mellow Greek? Or pale Calabrian? 1833[see en règle s.v. en prep.]. 1905A. Hopwood Old Eng. Sheep Dog i. 1 The mighty Calabrian, or sheep dog of the Pyrenees,..stands over thirty inches high. 1924tr. Pastor's Hist. Popes XIII. viii. 223 A Calabrian, 33 years of age, was sent..to the Jesuits. 1963Times 22 Feb. 6/4 These people are Calabrian peasants. |