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Bernese, a. and n.|bɜːˈniːz|
[f. Bern(e) (see below) + -ese.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Bern (or Berne), a city and canton of Switzerland, or its inhabitants.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Bern(e); also collect. as pl.; also, one of a Swiss breed of large, long-coated, black dogs (in full Bernese mountain dog).
1806W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. (ed. 20) 533 The defeat of the Bernese was followed by the submission of nearly the whole of Switzerland. 1816Byron Let. 30 Sept. (1830) II. 13, I have lately been over all the Bernese Alps and their lakes. 1822L. Simond Switzerland I. 218, I never saw such a proud looking set of men as the Bernese peasantry. 1863Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. 3 July (1963) ii. 49 Stuffed bears, suspended by some patriotic Bernese under the eaves of his chalet. 1904J. M. Stone Reform. & Renaiss. viii. 315 If the Bernese gained a footing in Geneva. Ibid., The Bernese army smashed all the statues of saints. 1935Hutchinson's Dog Encycl. III. 1800/1 The Bernese Mountain Dog..is now generally considered the best-looking of all Mountain Dogs. 1936Dog World Ann. 62 Swiss Mountain Dogs... The Bernese, from the Canton of Berne..is the only one with a long coat. 1939S.P.E. Tract lii. 83 We speak of the Bernese Oberland. |