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Meaning of WALLOONS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. {Walloon}. [Cf. F. wallon.]
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which
comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li['e]ge, and
Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.] ``A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot
with a spear.'' --Shak.
{Walloon guard}, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so
   called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
 
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