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Mauritanian, a. and n.|mɒrɪˈteɪnɪən|
Also Mauretanian.
[f. Mauretania (see below) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient country of Mauretania in North Africa, or the modern independent republic of Mauritania on the west coast of Africa, formerly a French colony.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Mauritania. Also Mauriˈtanic a.
1594Marlowe & Nashe Dido iv. iv. 215 And will my guard with Mauritanian darts, To waite vpon him. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 247 That same herbe (called Doronicum)..[is] highly esteemed among the Arabians[,] Graecians, and Mauritanians. Ibid. 461 These also are the Epethets of lions, wrathfull, maned..stout, great, Masilian, Mauritanian, Parthian, [etc.]. 1652J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying (ed. 2) iii. 95 Masinissa the Mauritanian. a1680Evelyn Diary an. 1645 (1955) II. 467 There were kept in it two Eagles, a Crane, a Mauritanian Sheepe, a stag, and sundry foule. 1776[see Moor n.2 1]. 1895[see Afro-European adj. and n.]. 1911‘I. Hay’ Safety Match xiv. 221 Algiers—that curious combination of Mauretanian antiquity and second-rate French provincialism. 1959Times 7 Jan. 11/7 The Mauritanian trader is a common sight in the markets. 1964Times 29 Sept. 10/7 An attack by a gang of white youths on Mr. Youssouf Gueye, the First Secretary of the Mauritanian delegation. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 450 Two regions of the Atlantic Ocean, namely the Lusitanian..and the Mauritanian extending from Gibraltar to Cape Blanc, and including the Canary Islands and Madeira. 1968Encycl. Brit. XIV. 1124/2 Mauretanian history really begins with the Punic Wars... Mauretanians were good military material and were used by the Romans in both Africa and other parts of the empire. 1972Guardian 8 Feb. 13/1 A couple of Mauritanians selling silver spoons. |