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Webster 1913 Edition
Walloons
Wal-loons′
,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.