单词 | orarian |
释义 | Orariann.adj. W. H. Dall's name for: a member of a group of peoples comprising the Innuit, Aleutian, and Asiatic Eskimo peoples inhabiting the coastal regions of Alaska. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea coast-man1580 maritimea1600 sea-borderer1599 sea-boarder1611 coaster1612 shoreman1650 Paralian1724 Orarian1869 bayman1904 cover1905 1869 W. H. Dall in Proc. 18th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. (1870) 265 Those..for whom we have as yet no general term, but who have been called Eskimos, Aletians; and on the Asiatic side of the straits, Tuski and sedentary Chukchees. This..great group I propose to designate as Orarians. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Dec. 12 The three tribes of Innuits, Aleutians, and Asiatic Eskimo;..Mr. Dall proposes to confer on them the generic appellation of Orarian, dwellers by the sea-shore. 1892 B. W. James Alaskana The Orarians take precedence, Classed as Esquimaux or Innuits, Dark Creoles, and sturdy Aleuts. B. adj. ΚΠ 1870 W. H. Dall Alaska & its Resources II. iii. 377 The Orarian dialects are deficient in some sounds which are common in the Indian languages. 1885 Science 11 Sept. 229/1 The most interesting people of the region adjacent to Bering Strait are the Asiatic dwellers on the coast, part of whom belong to the Korăk race, and part to the Orarian group of people. 2. Chiefly with lower-case initial. Living by the shore. rare. ΚΠ 1943 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 30 342 Plant often procumbent or clambering: shores (orarian). 1999 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 16 July (Features section) 8 An orarian lifestyle wouldn't be so bad. Dwelling there, by the seashore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1869 |
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