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‖ Marseillais, a. (n.)|marsejɛ|
Also 7 Marsillies, 8 Marsellois, 9 Marseillois (anglicized Marseillese).
[Fr., f. Marseille Marseilles: cf. -ese.]
1. adj. Belonging or pertaining to Marseilles.
1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia i. 7 [The Turks call Spanish money] Marsillies, by reason that the Merchants of Marseilles first brought it in great Quantities into Turkie. 1864in Webster; and in later Dicts. 1896C. M. Yonge Release ii. xxi. 294 Rumours reached us of the arrival of the Marseillais tigers. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France xi. 377 He..sank himself without effort into the marseillais underworld.
2. absol. as n. pl.
a. Inhabitants of Marseilles. Also in sing., an inhabitant of Marseilles.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. vi. iv, Those black-browed Marseillese marching, dusty, unwearied. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 446/2 The Marseillois appear to have been actively engaged in the Crusades. 1939E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios i. 12 The other guests were a very noisy pair of Marseillais. 1951E. Paul Springtime in Paris ix. 159 Auvergnats, Catalans, Basques, Normans, Bretons, Marseillais. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France ix. 248 The marseillais Basset and his Burgundian mate, Jarrot.
b. Hist. The members of the Cordeliers Club in the French Revolution.
1795tr. Barruel's Hist. Clergy during Fr. Rev. 211 [The section] of Cordeliers had taken the name of Marsellois. |