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\Ba*ta"vi*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to
(a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to
(b) ?atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.
{Batavian Republic}, the name given to Holland by the French
after its conquest in 1795.
\Ba*ta"vi*an\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.]
--Bancroft.
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