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Bessarabian, a. and n.|ˌbɛsəˈreɪbɪən|
[f. Bessarabia, a province of south-west Russia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Bessarabia.
B. n. An inhabitant of Bessarabia.
1835Penny Cycl. IV. 340/1 Its [sc. the Dniester's] chief tributaries on the Bessarabian side are, the Reut..and the Botna. Ibid. 341/1 The majority of the Bessarabians are Moldowans or Moldavians. 1852H. W. Dulcken tr. Pfeiffer's Visit to Holy Land ii. 37 Tehussa, a Bessarabian village of most miserable appearance. 1908Kipling Lett. of Travel (1920) 160 You are always talking of the second generation of your Smyrniotes and Bessarabians. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 214/2 The traditional Bessarabian hospitality. 1959E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xxiii. 394 When a Bessarabian division was enrolled in the Ukraine, desertions amounted to 50 per cent. 1963House & Garden Mar. 73/2 This room, with its handsome Bessarabian rug. |