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Chilian

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Chil´i`an
a.1.Of or pertaining to Chili.
n.1.The commander or chief of a thousand men.


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It appeared he had "served his time" in the copper-ore trade, the famous copper-ore trade of old days between Swansea and the Chilian coast, coal out and ore in, deep-loaded both ways, as if in wanton defiance of the great Cape Horn seas - a work, this, for staunch ships, and a great school of staunchness for West- Country seamen.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The latter were strange beings; the first a fine young negro; the second half Indian and negro; and the two others non- descripts; namely, an old Chilian miner, the colour of mahogany, and another partly a mulatto; but two such mongrels with such detestable expressions, I never saw before.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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