Esthadj.n.
/ɛsθ//ɛst/ = Estonian adj. and n. Now rare.
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1868 Fraser's Mag. LXXVIII. 535/1 The Esths..speak a language closely allied to the Finnish.
1868 Fraser's Mag. LXXVIII. 536/1 The poem was published in Esth, with a translation into German.
1868 Fraser's Mag. LXXVIII. 542/2 Turja is the Esth name for Norway.
1910 Encycl. Brit. IX. 798/1 The Esths, Ehsts or Esthonians.
1920 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 4 Warsaw expects an attack at any moment, the Esths and Letts in February.
1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 221 The Esths have reddish-flaxen hair, blue eyes and a cephalic index of 79.
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adj.n.1868