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Navarrese, n. and a.|nævəˈriːz| Also Naˈvarran. [f. Navarr(e a province of northern Spain, formerly a kingdom which included part of south-west France + -ese.] A. n. The people of Navarre; a native or inhabitant of Navarre. B. adj. Of or pertaining to Navarre.
[1699J. Stevens tr. Mariana's Gen. Hist. Spain viii. iii. 122 At this time the Count of Toulouse, came in with fresh supplies to assist the Navarrois.] 1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xiii. 147 The Navarrese drink their Peralta, the Basques their Chacolet. 1855C. M. Yonge Lances of Lynwood xiv. 219 The swarthy Navarrese mountaineer. 1915C. C. Martindale In God's Army I. 122 His servant, Miguel, was a Navarrese of bad character. 1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xii. 125 Navarrese bulls are almost a different race, smaller and usually of a reddish color. 1943E. A. Peers Spain in Eclipse i. i. 25 The difficult country north of Reinosa had been negotiated by the Navarrans. Ibid. ii. 46 Navarran troops entered Barbastro and a rather slower advance began against Lérida. 1956P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble ii. 26 A young Navarrese officer. Ibid. iv. 76 Father Vicente, the Company Chaplain, a stern-faced, lean Navarrese. |