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Webster 1913 Edition

Algerine

Alˊge-rine′

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Alˊge-rine′

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Noun.
A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Algerine

ALGERINE'

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Noun.
[from Algiers.] A native of Algiers, a city and a government on the coast of Africa.

ALGERINE'

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Adj.
Belonging to Algiers.

Definition 2024

Algerine

Algerine

See also: algerine

English

Adjective

Algerine

  1. (archaic) Algerian.

Noun

Algerine ‎(plural Algerines)

  1. (archaic) A native or inhabitant of Algiers or Algeria, especially of Moorish or Berber descent, or of non-European descent.
  2. (archaic) A pirate, especially one from the Barbary Coast.

algerine

algerine

See also: Algerine

English

Noun

algerine ‎(usually uncountable, plural algerines)

  1. A type of loosely woven cloth in stripes of bright colors, used for scarves, shawls and similar.

Italian

Adjective

algerine

  1. feminine plural of algerino

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Etymology

From Algeria +‎ -ine.

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