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Adjective

Alsatian (not comparable)

  • Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
    • ✤ […] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min […].1

Noun

Alsatian (plural Alsatians)

  • A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
  • (Australia, New Zealand, UK, dated US) A German shepherd dog.
    • ✤ Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bottom of the garden straight through the house and smash themselves against the inside of the door until their owners appeared and locked them away.2
  • (UK, obsolete) A rogue or debauchee, like those who haunted Alsatia in London.
    • ✤ You shall sink a nobleman in the Temple Gardens, and rise an Alsatian at Whitefriars.3

Proper noun

Alsatian

  • The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Alsatia + English -an.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăl-sā’shən, IPA: /ælˈseɪʃən/
  • Audio (Australia): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Footnotes

  1. 1962 August, “Beyond the Channel: France: Paris Est renaissance”, in Modern Railways, page 133/134: ↩

  2. 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56: ↩

  3. 1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel, Edinburgh: ↩

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