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Swabian, a. and n.|ˈsweɪbɪən|
Also Suabian.
[f. Suabia, latinized f. G. Schwaben + -an.]
1. a. adj. Belonging or pertaining to, or native of Swabia (Schwaben), a former German duchy occupying a region now covered by the state of Baden-Württemberg and part of Bavaria. b. n. A native of Swabia.
1785Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds V. 60 Swabian B[ittern] ..Inhabits the banks of the Danube. 1831For. Q. Rev. VIII. 348 The Swabian Era [of German literature]. 1840Browning Sordello i. 12 They laughed as they enrolled That name at Milan on the page of gold For Godego.., Loria, and every sheep-cote on the Swabian's fief. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. I. 195 The Swabian league. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 184/1 The Alemanni or Suabians subdued the portion of Helvetia east of the Reuss. 1905Athenæum 5 Aug. 173/3 A dozen cheery Austrian or Swabian tourists.
c. The dialect of Swabia. Also Comb.
1866J. MacGregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) v. 76 They were much delighted..and went back prattling their purest Suabian in a highly satisfied frame of mind. 1886Strong & Meyer Outl. Hist. German Lang. v. 74 Swabian-Alemanic, spoken in Bavaria as far as the Lech, and in Würtemberg. 1937D. P. Inskip tr. E. Tonnelat's Hist. German Lang. x. 210 It is difficult to draw a boundary between Swabian and Alemanic proper. 1961R. E. Keller German Dialects 10 Speaking of a certain dialect, e.g. Swabian, implies that such a dialect has an identity which distinguishes it more or less clearly from other dialects. 1981R. Mannheim tr. G. Grass's Meeting at Telgte iv. 22 After thirty years of residence in London, the diplomat Weckherlin still spoke an unvarnished Swabian.
2. Name of a variety of pigeon.
1855Poultry Chron. II. 417/1 The beautiful spangled feathering of the Suabian Pigeon. Ibid. 516/1 Pens containing Jacobins,..Saxons, Magpies, Owls, Swabians. 1881Lyell Pigeons 99 The ground colour of the Suabian should be of a good metallic black. |