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▪ I. Galician, a.1 and n.1|gəˈlɪθɪən, gəˈlɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. Galicia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Galicia, a province in north-west Spain, or its inhabitants.
B. n. An inhabitant of Galicia; also, the language of Galicia.
1749U. ap Rhys Account Spain & Portugal 23 The Galicians make good Soldiers; and are pleased with the Profession. 1809tr. A. de Laborde's View Spain II. 428 This road is frequented by..a great many Galician workmen. Ibid. 456 The Galician who serves either his master, or the public, or in the army, is contented to appear a slave. 1823T. Ross tr. Bouterwek's Hist. Span. Lit. I. 13 The vulgar idiom spoken by the Galician water⁓carriers in Madrid. 1828Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 438/1 The Galicians, or Galegos as the Spaniards call them, are a grave and sober people. 1927Chambers's Jrnl. 29 Oct. 759/1 Her head is the Galician woman's carry-all. 1960W. D. Elcock Romance Lang. v. 428 Galician, in the meantime, degenerated to a patois status; it is still widely spoken and practised as a literary cult by local enthusiasts. Ibid., Probably the earliest specimen of Galician-Portuguese to have survived is an act of partition dated 1230. 1966Tablet 29 Jan. 144/2 Other Spanish languages, such as Basque and Galician. 1969Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 10 Jan. 32/1 The Asturians and Galicians dance in strong colours, kicking with controlled but fierce abandon.
▪ II. Galician, a.2 and n.2|gəˈlɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. Galicia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Galicia, a region of Poland and West Russia, or its inhabitants.
B. n. An inhabitant of Galicia. Also used loosely in Canada to denote a Central European immigrant.
1835Penny Cycl. III. 131/2 The Galician soil is no where so productive as in the districts of Zloczoff and Stanislawoff. 1903Eye Opener (High River, Alta.) 25 July 3/3 The lost tribes of Israel, in the dishevelled shapes of Galicians and Doukhobors. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 154/1 It is customary in the West to classify the various contingents which come from east-central Europe as Galicians. 1918C. G. Montefiore Lib. Judaism & Hellenism v. 246 It has been too rashly assumed that the Russian, Polish and Galician ‘masses’ must be for ever wedded to Orthodox Judaism. 1927Times (weekly ed.) 16 June 664/4 He took charge of a Red-Cross unit on the Galician front. 1960S. Becker tr. Schwarz-Bart's Last of Just (1961) iii. 93 The young Galician followed him with a constrained smile. |