Riffiann.adj.

1851 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 483 Khaled, who had kept the enemy at bay, performing prodigies of valour, falls beneath the murderous aim of a Riffian, who had lost two sons in the fight.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad viii. 77 There are stalwart Bedouins of the desert here, and stately Moors..and Jews, whose fathers fled hither centuries..ago; and swarthy Riffians from the mountains.

1899 A. E. W. Mason Miranda of Balcony ii. 23 A Riffian sauntered by..a great coarse tail of hair swinging between his shoulders.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 5/1 The sultan..made a vigorous campaign against the Riffians and others of his desaffected subjects.

1924 Glasgow Herald 30 July 13 The Riffians planned to surprise the convoy sent to Xauen.

2003 E. Powell tr. S. Jamal Arabian Flavours 111 I was sincerely amazed by the special fondness the Riffians had for the Spanish.

1859 E. Murray Sixteen Years of Artist's Life I. vii. 85 Riffian Disturbances and the Town Plundered.

1883 Littell's Living Age 13 Jan. 120/1 The environs of the town were said to be infested by Riffian bandits and marauders.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 5/4 The guns are now trained against the town, and are evidently being handled by Riffian merchants familiar with the main buildings.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Dec. 1008/4 A plot is being hatched for the organization of a fresh Riffian rebellion against the French in Morocco.

1965 C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) 21 The Riffian tribes of Spanish Morocco.

1977 P. Raymond Matter of Assassination viii. 88 The Hamitic accent of Rifian Berber.

2003 E. Powell tr. S. Jamal Arabian Flavours 109 In that very place, among those hills, the bloody battles waged by the Riffian leader Abdel Karim had been fought against the Spanish and French colonialists.