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Meaning of BATAVIAN

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Ba*ta"vi*an\, n.
    A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.]
    --Bancroft.
    
 

 

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