Austrasianadj.n.
/ɔːˈstreɪʃ(ɪ)ən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Germanic part of the Frankish empire east of the Rhine.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [adjective] > of or relating to an empire > relating to part of Frankish empire
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1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxviii. 598 The remote province was separated from his Austrasian dominions, by the intermediate kingdoms of Soissons, Paris, and Orleans.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. i. 9 The Austrasian domination was more purely Germanic than the Neustrian which it superseded.
1924 Public Opinion 27 June 618/3 The Moroccan divisions of her army stood as unshakable as Austrasian Franks.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Austrasia.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of
Easterling1253
Sprucier1443
Suevian1549
High German1550
Low German1550
Prussian1554
Lusatian1555
Westphalian1576
Borussian1607
Rhinelander1608
Eastman1610
Belgic1615
Franconian1615
Thuringian1618
Swab1637
spruce1640
Silesian1669
Swabian1675
palatinate1709
Hessian1729
Saxon1737
Austrasian1833
East German1838
Balt1854
West German1855
Württemberger1896
Sudeten1938
East German1947
West German1947
Saarlander1955
Ossi1989
Wessi1990
1833 S. A. Dunham Hist. Europe Middle Ages II. i. 13 He restored Brunehild to the Austrasians.
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