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单词 swabian
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Swabiann.adj.

Brit. /ˈsweɪbɪən/, U.S. /ˈsweɪbiən/
Forms: 1600s– Suabian, 1700s– Swabian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Suabia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Suabia (1648 or earlier), the name in Latin of Swabia (German Schwaben ) + -an suffix. Compare Swab n.4In English the name is attested as Suabia (1676 or earlier) and Swabia (1687 or earlier); earlier forms are Suevia (1603 or earlier) and Suevia (first attested in Middle English; compare also note at Sueve n.). The form Suevia is also used in early modern English to denote Sweden.
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Swabia, a medieval duchy in southwestern Germany (historical), or the modern region broadly corresponding to this, occupying Baden-Württemberg and the western part of Bavaria.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of
Easterling1253
Sprucier1443
Suevian1549
High German1550
Low German1550
Prussian1554
Lusatian1555
Westphalian1576
Borussian1607
Rhinelander1608
Eastman1610
Belgic1615
Franconian1615
Thuringian1618
Swab1637
spruce1640
Silesian1669
Swabian1675
palatinate1709
Hessian1729
Saxon1737
Austrasian1833
East German1838
Balt1854
West German1855
Württemberger1896
Sudeten1938
East German1947
West German1947
Saarlander1955
Ossi1989
Wessi1990
1675 C.-F. Menestrier tr. Descr. Funeral Solemnities 6 The Inscriptions of these Trophies were,..VI. Marcomannis & Suabis territis. For having terrified the Misnians and Suabians.
1732 Daily Courant 29 Nov. The Bohemians, Austrians and Suabians who went into the Diocese of Saltzburg..are returned again to the Places from whence they came.
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 12 They laughed as they enrolled That name at Milan on the page of gold For Godego.., Loria, and every sheep-cote on the Swabian's fief.
1921 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 18/5 The Suabians are a supremely good-natured race—unlike those of Berlin, their Communists are pleasantly pale-pink.
2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 i. 38 In these heady days, Pelletier happened on a piece written by the Swabian.
2. The dialect of German used in Swabia.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > varieties of
High Dutch1560
High German1652
Swabian?1743
Alsatian1826
Varangian1831
Pennsylvania Dutch1848
Viennese1849
Pennsylvania German1853
Frankish1863
Tyroler1887
Limburger1932
?1743 J. Mawer Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. C3 The Teutonic or German, whence the common German, the Helvetic bordering on the old Teutonic, the Suabian, Westphalian, Austrian, Flemish, Brabantish, Low Dutch, and the like.
1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) v. 76 They were much delighted..and went back prattling their purest Suabian in a highly satisfied frame of mind.
1937 D. P. Inskip tr. E. Tonnelat Hist. Ger. Lang. x. 210 It is difficult to draw a boundary between Swabian and Alemanic proper.
1981 R. Manheim tr. G. Grass Meeting at Telgte iv. 22 After thirty years of residence in London, the diplomat Weckherlin still spoke an unvarnished Swabian.
2013 J. C. Reina in P. Auer et al. Lang. Variation: European Perspectives IV 29 Standard German and Swabian have undergone vowel centralization in unstressed position.
3. A Swabian pigeon. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. sense B. 2.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1855 Poultry Chron. 31 Jan. 516/1 Pens containing Jacobins,..Saxons, Magpies, Owls, Swabians.
1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 99 The ground colour of the Suabian should be of a good metallic black.
1990 Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. Dec. 22/1 The wings of the Suabian are self colored.
2009 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 25 Apr. Whitby's bird collection includes archangels and Danish suabians,..Birmingham rollers and several breeds of pheasants.
B. adj.
1. Of or relating to Swabia (see sense A. 1); designating a Swabian.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany
Suevical1560
Swevical1560
Prussian1565
Suevian1574
Thuringian1607
Franconian1608
Suevic1638
High German1640
Saxonic1647
Saxon1654
Swabian1684
Saxonian1761
Hanoverian1775
Low German1808
East German1849
West German1850
West German1946
Balt1954
1684 J. Moxon tr. Delineation & Descr. Famous City Offen (single sheet) To his assistance came not only his Highness the Elector Prince of Bavaria with 12000 men, but several Troops of the Suabian Circle, about 4000 more.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 60 Swabian B[ittern]... Inhabits the banks of the Danube.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 195 The Swabian league.
1905 Athenæum 5 Aug. 173/3 A dozen cheery Austrian or Swabian tourists.
2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 May 38/2 Herta Müller grew up in a Swabian village, and most of her fiction..has been concerned with the experience of the Banat Germans.
2. Designating a breed of fancy pigeon believed to have been developed in Swabia, or a pigeon of this breed. Cf. sense A. 3.Swabian pigeons occur with a variety of colours and markings, but typically have a dark mask on the face.
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1852 Cottage Gardener 30 Oct. 75/2 Swabian-helmeted Pigeon (Columba galeata Sueviæ).—This bird, originally from Suabia, almost always changes colour at the first moulting.]
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 Jan. 417/1 The beautiful spangled feathering of the Suabian Pigeon.
1876 Fanciers' Jrnl. & Poultry Exchange 23 Mar. 144/2 (advt.) John D. White..has Yellow Jacobin hen to exchange for cock of same variety; also Suabian cock for Suabian hen.
1991 C. Frisch Pigeons xii. 29 These are Swabian, or pheasant, pigeons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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