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Definition of Luxembourger
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
Group relationships: Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Generic synonyms: European
Derivative terms: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Definition of Luxembourger
1. Noun. A person from the independent grand duchy of Luxembourg or of Luxembourgish descent. ¹
2. Noun. (history) An inhabitant of the former duchy (originally countship) of Luxemburg (originally Letzeburg) ¹
3. Noun. An inhabitant of the Belgian province Luxemburg (Luxembourg), which was cut from the above at the grandducal separation from the house of Orange's Dutch crown ¹
4. Noun. An inhabitant of the city of Luxemburg, which is/was the capital of all the above terriories ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxembourger
Literary usage of Luxembourger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Another Frenchman, who came from Montmartre, found a Luxembourger lying within
a yard of him whom he had known as a messenger in a big hotel in Paris. ..."
2. The Note-book of an Attaché: Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood (1915)
"One Luxembourger had been a whole month getting to Flushing from his home in
Belgium. I was much relieved when I arrived at Victoria Station with my ..."
3. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"Another Frenchman, who came from Montmartre, found a Luxembourger lying within
a yard of him whom he had known as a messenger in a big hotel in Paris. ..."
4. The World War and Its Consequences: Being Lectures in the Course on by William Herbert Hobbs (1919)
"... base had already been established at Trier, a point only seven miles from the
entrance to the Luxembourger Loch, the great military route into France. ..."
5. Camps, Quarters and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes (1896)
"He had no civilian clothes and Bazaine fitted him out in his; Regnier had obtained
from one of the Luxembourger surgeons a cap with the Geneva Cross which ..."