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Vandemonian /ˌvandɪˈməʊnɪən /noun Australian1 humorous A person from Tasmania: four of the six finalists were Vandemonians...- It was politically expedient for Vandemonians to distract attention from events on their island to those on an island far away.
- There were individual companies of French, Swedish and Germans as well as Irish and Vandemonians.
- He found Vandemonians to be men who believed they had no equal even though they were only paltry shopkeepers.
1.1 historical A convict transported to Tasmania: he was a sinister-looking man, who might have been a Vandemonian in his day...- Hostility in the colony towards Vandemonians was building up.
- The Vandemonians, generally speaking, have some good traits about them, that are seldom met amongst those from the "Sydney side."
- They could do little to stem the movement of Vandemonians, reinforced by bolters from New South Wales and prisoners shipped to Victoria from Pentonville.
OriginMid 19th century: from Vandemonia. |