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walloon |
1 definition found 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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