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Tunisine, n. and a. ? Obs.|ˈtjuːnɪsiːn|
Also Tunesin(e), Tunis(s)een.
[f. Tunis + -ine1: see prec.]
A. n. A native of Tunis, a city and former Barbary state in North Africa; esp. a pirate from Tunis.
B. adj. Of or belonging to Tunis.
c1670J. Verney Let. in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. v. 159 [The ship was taken] by the Tunisseens. 1738T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 155 The Tuniseens, are the most civilized Nation of Barbary. 1764A. Anderson Origin Commerce I. iii. 126 The Genoese grew very uneasy, lest the Tunesins..should seize on all their effects. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 360/1 Susa..is..one of the wealthy cities of the Tunisine state. Ibid. 364/2 The Tunisines in general, like the Algerines, are a mixed race of Turks, Moors and Jews. Ibid. 366/2 The Tunesine corsairs continued their excursions at sea until 1655. |