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Of or relating to Alsace. quotations examples
[...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...].
1962 August, “Beyond the Channel: France: Paris Est renaissance”, in Modern Railways, page 133/134
plural Alsatians
A native or inhabitant of Alsace. examples
(Australia, New Zealand, British, dated US) A German shepherd dog. quotations examples
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.
2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56
(UK, obsolete) A rogue or debauchee, like those who haunted Alsatia in London.
The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace. examples