Minorcanadj.n.

1801 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 602 All of them having English Colours and Minorcan Crews.

1817 N. Amer. Rev. May 131 A spellingbook of the Minorcan language, which is quite different from the Spanish, (Castilian,) but nearly resembling the Catalonian dialect.

1822 C. Willyams Select. Views Egypt, Minorca, Gibraltar 30 The habit of the Minorcan women is very remarkable, and differs much from that of modern Europeans.

1876 C. T. Bidwell Balearic Islands ii. 49 The position of the Minorcan farmer is..that of a labourer and dependant.

1911 A. S. Boyd Fortunate Isles xvi. 182 The sea is rarely smooth on the Minorcan coast.

1971 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 68 366 The second half of the book contains an exhaustive analysis of local survivals of Minorcan speech.

1991 Chile Pepper June 15/2 Old Minorcan and Spanish recipes..have been greatly influenced by..the Datil pepper.

1833 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 342 We pass to the dialect spoken in Minorca... Minorcan. ‘El Pare nostro.’

1852 Ess. from London Times (Second Ser.) 163 He appeals to the remarks of counsel in a case between an English governor and a conquered Minorcan.

1854 Christian Slavery in Barbary 10 in Chambers's Repository 2 The incautious Minorcans..ran to the port to greet and welcome the supposed victors.

1868 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 85/2 I spoke in Spanish and they in Minorcan, so that the conversation was not very intelligible.

1896 F. Breton tr. G. Vuillier Forgotten Isles v. 89 Physically, the Minorcans have no special type.

1908 C. R. Markham Story of Majorca & Minorca ii. ii. 240 The besieged Minorcans were resolved to defend the place to the death.

1959 P. Frank Alas, Babylon viii. 163 The Minorcans..spread inland from New Smyrna in the eighteenth century.

1996 TNT Mag. 8 July 67/1 The Menorcans decided long ago that they were not willing to sacrifice their tranquil, unhurried way of life to the gods of short term profit.