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Wal`loons´

n. pl.

A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.

Walloon guard
the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; - so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.

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Noun

Walloons - an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France

ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

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