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English
Etymology
Lorraine + -ian
Noun
Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)
- A native or inhabitant of Lorraine.
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Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)
- From Lorraine.
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Proper noun
Lorrainian
- The Rhine Franconian (and hence West Central German, Central German, High German) dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.
- Holonym: Rhine Franconian
1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48:Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.
- The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.
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