Liégeoisn.adj.
A native or inhabitant of the Belgian city or province of Liège. Also (with lower-case initial) as adj., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Liège or its inhabitants.
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1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. ii ii. 51 A few of the Liegeois after they were put to flight relied themselues togither at their cariage.
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 208 To furnish all this Water, there is a most stupendious [sic] Machine, which was invented by 2 Liegois.
1769 ‘Coriat, Junior’ Another Trav. (ed. 2) I. i. v. 37 All the officers, French and Liegois, of any distinction, were there.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 221 Well were the Liegeois then assured, that..this Charles..would have given their town up to spoil.
1961 T. Henrot Belgium 68 Liège..remains most independent in its ways and rather disdainful of what is not ‘liégeois’.
1989 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 17/7 Bertrand blames the folie de grandeur of the socialist administration..and the bizarre financial optimism of the Liègeois.
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