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Webster 1913 Edition


Walloons

Wal-loons′

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Noun.
pl.
;
sing.
Walloon
.
[Cf. F.
wallon
.]
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.]
“A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a spear.”
Shak.
Walloon guard
,
the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; – so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.

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Walloons

Walloons

English

Noun

Walloons

  1. plural of Walloon