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Frisian
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Fri·sian  (frzhn, frzhn) also Frie·sian (frzhn)
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Frisian Islands or Friesland.
2. The West Germanic language of the Frisians. It is the language most closely related to English.
[From Latin Frsi, the Frisians, of Germanic origin.]
Frisian adj.
Frisian [free-zhan]
Noun
1. a language spoken in the NW Netherlands
2. a speaker of this language
Adjective
of this language or its speakers [Latin Frisii people of northern Germany]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Frisian - a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
Dutch, Dutch people - the people of the Netherlands; "the Dutch are famous for their tulips"
2.Frisian - a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
West Germanic, West Germanic language - a branch of the Germanic languages
Old Frisian - the Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia
Adj.1.Frisian - of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia


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My friend Meindert DeJong looked, to my mind, not unlike an old Viking, though he was really a descendant of Frisians, a Germanic tribe.
Happy centennial, Meindert DeJong! by Hartzell, Judith / The Horn Book Magazine
Because of the importance of the martyr songs in the sixteenth-century era of persecution, and because the Frisians and Flemish outnumbered the Waterlanders (perhaps by three to one), Gregory intends through republication of these "forgotten writings" to enrich the scholarship on Mennonite martyrology, which has up to now been focused too exclusively on Van Braght's Martyr's Mirror.
The Forgotten Writings of the Mennonite Martyrs by Stayer, James M. / Renaissance Quarterly
55) For Frisians studying in Padua between 1550 and 1650, see Zijlstra, 54.
The doctrine, life, and Roman trial of the Frisian philosopher ... by Spruit, Leen / Renaissance Quarterly
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