Bavarianadj.
/bəˈvɛːrɪən/, U.S. /bəˈvɛriən/ Of or belonging to Bavaria; also in special collocations (see quots.).
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Westphalian1599
Thuringian1607
Franconian1608
Bavarian1638
Lusatian1862
1638 Invasions of Germanie §10 On the Bavarian, and Imperialists-side, slaine some 250.
1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 201/1 The Bavarian Troops approaching towards Pesth, enter'd it without any opposition.
1815 Wynne Diaries 14 Sept. (1940) III. 382 We found the Inn occupied by Bavarian Officers.
1880 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. at Cream Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatine, milk, cream, and eggs, flavored, and eaten cold.
1892 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 9/2 Almond Bavaroise, or Bavarian Cream.
1892 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 87/2 Bavarian beer... The average beer brewed is not of a very high alcoholic character, and is said to obtain some of its characteristic flavour from the pitch used to line the casks.
1892 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 87/2 Bavarian creams, a great variety of these are to be found under the name of Bavaroises.
1893 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery II. 385/2 Bavarian Sauce.
1893 E. Knecht et al. Man. Dyeing 479 Diphenylamine-blue. C37H30N3.Cl. Bavarian Blue..gives a finer blue shade than..any other blue.
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. vii. 327 The Bavarian–Austrian group includes the dialects of Old Bavaria with a southern set of dialects.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 43/1 Happy Valley (Walkerton)—Excellent with three inches new on packed base of 6 inches. T-bar, Bavarian lift.
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