Lorrainian

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Etymology

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From Lorraine +‎ -ian.

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Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Lorraine.

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Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)

  1. From Lorraine.

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Lorrainian

  1. 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.
  2. The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.

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