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Definition of Abyssinian

1. Noun. A small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat.

Definition of Abyssinian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

2. n. A native of Abyssinia.

Definition of Abyssinian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants. ¹

2. Noun. A native of Ethiopia. ¹

3. Noun. A member of the Abyssinian Church. ¹

4. Noun. A short-haired domestic cat descended from cats of ancient Egypt making it one of the oldest breeds in the world. Wikipedia ¹

5. Proper noun. The Amharic language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abyssinian

Literary usage of Abyssinian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"During the World War, Abyssinian troops were allied with the British in the ... Abyssinian CHURCH. The Church founded by Frumentius, the first bishop of ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"VIL THE Abyssinian Expedition is gradually assuming its natural proportions among the long series of dissolving views of which our national history is made ..."

3. The Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1868)
"Here men talk much of the Abyssinian expedition, and ships are chartered to take troops and army stores to the seat of war, and it may appear that soon ..."

4. The Christian Library: A Reprint of Popular Religious Works by Jonathan Going (1836)
"Went to the Abyssinian convent. The road by which the priest led us, ... This city may be an excellent station for learning the Abyssinian language ..."

5. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: With by Harald G. C. Swayne (1903)
"When the British Government first took over the Somali coast in 1884 there was no Abyssinian question, and the authorities had only to deal with the Somali ..."

6. The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: A Compendium Prepared by Officers of the Sudan by Lord Edward Gleichen, Sudan, Edward Gleichen (1905)
"5° between the Bahr El Jebel and Abyssinian frontier.) SECTION 1. ... The Sobat rises on the Abyssinian plateau somewhere about east long. ..."

7. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"... and the whole of it is usually taken over by the Gallas inhabiting the summit of the Abyssinian plateau ; but tobacco they smoke themselves. ..."

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