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单词 montserratian
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Montserratiann.adj.

Brit. /ˌmɒn(t)səˈratɪən/, U.S. /ˌmɑn(t)səˈrɑdiən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Montserrat , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < Montserrat, the name of an island in the eastern Caribbean + -ian suffix.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Montserrat.
ΚΠ
1898 Montserrat Herald (Plymouth, Montserrat) 27 Aug. 2/3 Those who are lucky enough to exist under beneficent Governments, must..fall on their knees and with pity in their hearts for the unfortunate Montserratians, exclaim Good Lord deliver them!
1910 Montserrat Searchlight (Plymouth, Montserrat) 23 Apr. 2/2 As the police is a Federal department, we, Montserratians can have a say in the matter.
1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 16 Jan. 3/7 In 1980 the output of work will be more important to Montserratians than constitutional status.
1994 Mail on Sunday 5 June 62/4 Montserrat is still known as the Caribbean's ‘Emerald Isle’ and is awash with ethnic Montserratians called Murphy, Farrell and Sweeney.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Montserrat or its inhabitants.
ΚΠ
1977 S. B. Philpott in J. Watson Between Two Cultures iv. 94 Montserratian migration to Britain.
1989 Economist 9 Dec. 77/2 The governor, Mr Christopher Turner, is an old Caribbean hand, sharing power with a Montserratian chief minister, Mr John ‘Bassie’ Osborne.
1994 Mail on Sunday 5 June 63 Then there was Ziggy's, for our money the best, and by Montserratian standards, wildly sophisticated because it is in a spanking new wooden hut.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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