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Lorrainer|lɒˈreɪnə(r)|
[f. Lorraine + -er1.]
A native or inhabitant of Lorraine. Also attrib. Cf. Lotharingian n. and a.
1743Gentl. Mag. Aug. 447/1 Of the Lorrainers..it is affirmed, that they are with Difficulty restrained from declaring in favour of their Sovereign. 1903F. W. Maitland in Cambr. Mod. Hist. II. xvi. 574 The Lorrainers were not France. 1933Kipling Souvenirs of France ii. 58, I love that imperturbable Lorrainer [sc. Poincaré]. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France vii. 163 He was one of three brothers, barons of Lorrainer origin, landed gentry of the Limousin. |