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Tortolan, a. and n.|tɔːˈtəʊlən|
[f. Tortola + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Tortola.
1923C. F. Jenkins Tortola xi. 67 Captain Tittley, the commander of the Tortolan navy. 1953Caribbean Q. III. ii. 112 Most of Tortola's exports go to St. Thomas and most of her imports come from the island, and Tortolans go frequently by sloop or launch merely to do their marketing. Ibid. 113 In the Tortolan countryside..no one is seen at work between ten and four o'clock. 1980Washington Post 20 July k6 Almost certainly, the government worker is a native St. Thomian, the taxi driver a Tortolan by birth. |