Definition of "Tristanian"

With this assumption, that Tintagel haunted Hardy from 1870 to 1923, it becomes possible to suggest that not only was his Tristanian work infused with his life-long themes, but that Tristanian themes may have subtly influenced his earlier works as well.

2001, Bonnie Wheeler, Fiona Tolhurst (editors), On Arthurian Women: Essays in Memory of Maureen Fries, Scriptorium Press, page 274

Although Brugger had already expressed this idea, it was because of Bedier's work that academics began to see Tristanian poems as unified literary works with a coherent narrative thread from the lovers' first meeting to their inevitable death:

2008, Isabel DiVanna, Reconstructing the Middle Ages, Cambridge Scholars, page 157

One of the curiosities of Tristanian English is the inclusion of an 'h' at the start of words that begin with a vowel.

2003, Ben Fogle, The Teatime Islands: Journeys to Britain's Faraway Outposts, Michael Joseph, page 36

The Tristanians were to occupy some fifty neat modern houses in the former Married Quarters inside the high-fenced compound.

1964, Margaret Mackprang Mackay, Angry Island, Rand McNally, page 256

After having lived among the Tristanians for half a year, I am under the impression that, due to their experiences in the outside world, younger Tristanians have developed a stylistic range that is limited in the speech of non-mobile members of the community.

2003, Daniel Schreier, Isolation and Language Change: Contemporary and Sociohistorical Evidence from Tristan da Cunha English‎, Springer Nature (Palgrave MacMillan), page 205