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单词 vandemonian
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Vandemonianadj.n.

/ˌvandɪˈməʊnɪən/
Forms: Also Van Diemonian, Diemenian.
Etymology: < Van Diemen('s Land, the original name of Tasmania, given by its discoverer Tasman in 1642 in honour of Anthony Van Diemen (1593–1645), governor of the Dutch East Indies.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or inhabiting Tasmania.Frequently applied to the convicts domiciled there in the early part of the 19th cent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [adjective] > parts of
Vandemonian1840
Victorian1857
1840 G. Arden Austr. Felix 9 A shrewd old Vandemonian colonist.
1853 S. Sidney Three Colonies Austral. (ed. 2) 171 (note) Acts levelled against Van Diemonian expirees.
1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. xx. 367 Some of the Van Diemenian convicts.
B. n.
An inhabitant of Tasmania.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of
bushboya1834
Melbournite1838
Melburnian1838
bushman1846
Vandemonian1852
scrubber1859
Queenslander1860
Victorian1862
Sydneysider1865
Centralian1875
Waler1880
Territorian1882
mutton-bird1892
bushy1896
sand-groper1896
tothersider1896
crow-eater1899
Bananalander1900
outbacker1900
Tassie1905
groper1924
Tasmanian1934
mutton-bird eater1941
Top-Ender1941
Kanakalander1945
1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. viii. 251 The Van Diemonians, as they unpleasingly call themselves.
1867 Cassell's Mag. 2 440/2 ‘I never wanted to leave England,’ I have heard an old Vandemonian observe boastfully.

Derivatives

ˌvandeˈmonianism n. rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous
boisterousness1589
rough and tumble1810
rowdyism1838
vandemonianism1863
bear play1867
robustiousness1894
push and shove1895
roughhousing1902
1863 Victorian Hansard 22 Apr. IX. 701 Mr. Houston looked upon the conduct of hon. gentlemen opposite as ranging from the extreme of vandemonianism to the extreme of namby-pambyism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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