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European

DEFINITIONS OF: European

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adj of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe

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n a native or inhabitant of Europe

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Agrippina the Elder
granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
Agrippina the Younger
wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
Alcaeus
Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)
Alcibiades
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
Antigonus Cyclops
a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)
Arminius
German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
Athelstan
the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
Clovis I
king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511)
Demetrius Poliorcetes
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
Demosthenes
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
Draco
Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
Lysimachus
Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
Sappho
the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)
Seleucus I Nicator
Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)
Socrates
ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
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Eurafrican
a person of mixed European and African descent
Eurasian
a person of mixed European and Asian descent
sahib
formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name
Celt, Kelt
a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
Frank
a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
Teuton
a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
Albanian
a native or inhabitant of Albania
Andorran
a native or inhabitant of Andorra
Austrian
a native or inhabitant of Austria
Basque
a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
Belgian
a native or inhabitant of Belgium
Bulgarian
a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
Belorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian
a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Cyprian, Cypriot, Cypriote
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus
Czech, Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakian
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
Czech
a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
Slovak
a native or inhabitant of Slovakia
Dane
a native or inhabitant of Denmark
Brit, Britisher, Briton
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
Angle
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
Saxon
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Jute
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons
Langobard, Lombard
a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
Finn
a native or inhabitant of Finland
Latvian
a native or inhabitant of Latvia
Lithuanian
a native or inhabitant of Lithuania
French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman
a person of French nationality
Balkan
an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
Cretan
a native or inhabitant of Crete
Greek, Hellene
a native or inhabitant of Greece
Thracian
an inhabitant of ancient Thrace
Dutchman, Hollander, Netherlander
a native or inhabitant of Holland
Hungarian, Magyar
a native or inhabitant of Hungary
Icelander
a native or inhabitant of Iceland
Irelander, Irish person
a native or inhabitant of Ireland
Italian
a native or inhabitant of Italy
Roman
an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
Lapp, Lapplander, Saame, Saami, Same, Sami
a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Liechtensteiner
a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein
Luxembourger, Luxemburger
a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
Macedonian
a native or inhabitant of Macedon
Norse, Norseman, Norwegian
a native or inhabitant of Norway
Pole
a native or inhabitant of Poland
Portuguese
a native or inhabitant of Portugal
Romanian, Rumanian
a native or inhabitant of Romania
San Marinese
a native or inhabitant of San Marino
Norse, Northman, Scandinavian
an inhabitant of Scandinavia
Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman
a native or inhabitant of Scotland
Slovene
a native of Slovenia
Spaniard
a native or inhabitant of Spain
Swede
a native or inhabitant of Sweden
Tyrolean
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol
Ukranian
a native or inhabitant of the Ukraine
Cambrian, Cymry, Welsh, Welshman
a native or resident of Wales
Maltese
a native or inhabitant of Malta
German
a person of German nationality
Gibraltarian
a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar
Slovenian
a native or inhabitant of Slovenia
Jugoslav, Jugoslavian, Yugoslav, Yugoslavian
a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia
Bohemian
a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic
Dalmatian
a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia
Grecian
a native or resident of Greece
Iberian
a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
Monacan, Monegasque
a native or inhabitant of Monaco
memsahib
a woman sahib
Gael
a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man
Briton
an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
Gaul
a Celt of ancient Gaul
Salian, Salian Frank
a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
Zealander
a native or inhabitant of Zealand
English person
a native or inhabitant of England
West Saxon
an inhabitant of Wessex
Fleming
a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
Livonian
a member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia
Gaul, frog
a person of French descent
Parisian
a native or resident of Paris
Breton
a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)
Savoyard
a resident of Savoy
Angevin, Angevine
a resident of Anjou
Castillian
a native or inhabitant of Castile
Minoan
a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC
Achaean, Achaian
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Aeolian, Eolian
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Dorian
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Ionian
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Athenian
a resident of Athens
Corinthian
a resident of Corinth
Laconian
a resident of Laconia
Lesbian
a resident of Lesbos
Spartan
a resident of Sparta
Arcadian
an inhabitant of Arcadia
Theban
a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
Norman
an inhabitant of Normandy
Irishman
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
Irishwoman
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
Dubliner
a resident of Dublin
Guinea, dago, ginzo, greaseball, wop
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Etruscan
a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
Neopolitan
a resident of Naples
Roman
a resident of modern Rome
Sabine
a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
Venetian
a resident of Venice
Sicilian
a resident of Sicily
Tuscan
a resident of Tuscany
Oscan
an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
Samnite
an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
polack
a person of Polish descent
Viking
any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
Scotchwoman, Scotswoman
a woman who is a Scot
Teuton
someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
East German
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany
Boche, Hun, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead
offensive term for a person of German descent
Berliner
an inhabitant of Berlin
Prussian
a German inhabitant of Prussia
Glaswegian
an inhabitant of Glasgow
Walloon
a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
Argive
a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos
Bavarian
a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria
berserk, berserker
one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
Catalan
a native or inhabitant of Catalonia
Ephesian
a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
Florentine
a native or resident of Florence, Italy
Genoese
a native or resident of Genoa
Goth
one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries
Highland Scot, Highlander, Scottish Highlander
a native of the Highlands of Scotland
Lowland Scot, Lowlander, Scottish Lowlander
a native of the Lowlands of Scotland
Milanese
a native or inhabitant of Milan
Mycenaen
a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae
Neapolitan
a native or inhabitant of Naples
palatine
any of various important officials in ancient Rome
patrial
a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
Philippian
a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia
Sardinian
a native or inhabitant of Sardinia
Thessalian
a native or inhabitant of Thessaly
Thessalonian
a native or inhabitant of Thessalonica
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denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
a person who inhabits a particular place
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