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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vernacular  \Ver*nac"u*lar\,  n. 
  The  vernacular  language;  one's  mother  tongue;  often  the 
  common  forms  of  expression  in  a  particular  locality. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vernacular  \Ver*nac"u*lar\,  a.  [L.  vernaculus  born  in  one's 
  house,  native,  fr  verna  a  slave  born  in  his  master's  house, 
  a  native,  probably  akin  to  Skr.  vas  to  dwell,  E.  was.] 
  Belonging  to  the  country  of  one's  birth;  one's  own  by  birth 
  or  nature;  native;  indigenous;  --  now  used  chiefly  of 
  language;  as  English  is  our  vernacular  language.  ``A 
  vernacular  disease.''  --Harvey. 
 
  His  skill  the  vernacular  dialect  of  the  Celtic  tongue. 
  --Fuller. 
 
  Which  in  our  vernacular  idiom  may  be  thus  interpreted. 
  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vernacular 
  adj  :  being  or  characteristic  of  or  appropriate  to  everyday 
  language;  "common  parlance";  "a  vernacular  term"; 
  "vernacular  speakers";  "the  vulgar  tongue  of  the 
  masses";  "the  technical  and  vulgar  names  for  an  animal 
  species"  [syn:  {common},  {vulgar}] 
  n  1:  a  characteristic  language  of  a  particular  group  (as  among 
  thieves);  "they  don't  speak  our  lingo"  [syn:  {cant},  {jargon}, 
  {slang},  {lingo},  {argot},  {patois}] 
  2:  the  everyday  speech  of  the  people  (as  distinguished  from 
  literary  language) 




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