Tunisinen.adj.
/ˈtjuːnɪsiːn/ ? Obsolete.
A. n.
A native of Tunis, a city and former Barbary state in North Africa; esp. a pirate from Tunis.
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Tunisinec1670
Maghrebin1687
Maghribi1704
Tunisian1825
goum1845
Ouled Nail1846
c1670 J. Verney Let. in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. v. 159 [The ship was taken] by the Tunisseens.
1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 155 The Tuniseens, are the most civilized Nation of Barbary.
1764 A. Anderson Hist. Origin Commerce I. iii. 126 The Genoese grew very uneasy, lest the Tunesins..should seize on all their effects.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 364/2 The Tunisines in general, like the Algerines, are a mixed race of Turks, Moors and Jews.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to Tunis.
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Tripolitan1783
tripoline1819
Tunisine1843
Cairene1851
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 360/1 Susa..is..one of the wealthy cities of the Tunisine state.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 366/2 The Tunesine corsairs continued their excursions at sea until 1655.
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