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frisian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frisian has 2 senses
- frisian(n = noun.person) Array - a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia; Array is a kind of dutch, dutch people
- frisian(n = noun.communication) Array - a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English; Array is a kind of west germanic, west germanic language
has particulars: old frisian
Adjective frisian has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
frisian, a.
Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic. [1913 Webster]
frisian, n.
A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frisian, adj. & n.
--adj. of Friesland (an area comprising the NW Netherlands and adjacent islands).
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Friesland.
2 the language of Friesland.
--adj. of Friesland (an area comprising the NW Netherlands and adjacent islands).
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Friesland.
2 the language of Friesland.
Etymology
L Frisii pl. f. OFris. Frisa, Fresa
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