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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Walloons  \Wal*loons"\,  n.  pl.;  sing.  {Walloon}.  [Cf.  F.  wallon.] 
  A  Romanic  people  inhabiting  that  part  of  Belgium  which 
  comprises  the  provinces  of  Hainaut  Namur  Li['e]ge,  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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