Biscayanadj.

/ˈbɪskeɪən/

Forms: Also 1600s biscan, 1700s biskaine.

Etymology: < Biscay + -an suffix.

Belonging to, or characteristic of, the province of Biscay; also as n., an inhabitant or native of Biscay.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > parts of

Normanc1275

Picardc1330

Gascona1387

Britonerc1390

Bretona1400

Normanda1400

Poitevin1483

Angevin1511

Navarrois1523

Savoyan1583

Armorican1593

Savoyard1595

meridional1605

Picardin1616

artesian1629

Biscayana1640

Limousin1653

Lyonnais1653

Languedocian1658

Biscayner1664

Navarrese1686

Provençale1730

Lorrainer1743

Navarran1770

Vendean1796

Tourangeau1883

Tourangeois1958

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective] > other parts of France

Gascon1445

Angevin1546

provincial1561

Provençal1581

Lotharingian1635

Languedocian1650

Savoyard1664

Provençale1694

Biscayan1769

Tourangeois1857

Rivieran1873

Strasbourgeois1878

Perigourdine1951

Tourangeau1973

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iv. iii. 96 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Almira. What Country are ye of? Antonio. A Biscan, Lady.

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 39 The cargo of two great Biskaine ships.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 936 There are three varieties of this forge [in which malleable iron is obtained directly from the ore], the Catalan, the Navarrese, and the Biscayan.

Derivatives

Biscayanism n. (also Biscanism) the Basque language.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [noun] > Basque

Biscayanism1596

Basquish1612

Bascuence1645

Basque1860

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. I Biscanism the most barbarous Spanish.

Biscayen n. [ < French biscaïen] (a) A long heavy musket, first used in Biscay; (b) One of its balls (see quot.).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 581/2 He was struck on the shoulder by a Biscayen.

1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 588/1 A Biscayen is a cannon ball of a small calibre.

Biscayner n. (also Biskiner, Biscainer, Biscayneer) a native of Biscay, a Biscayan ship.

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