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Webster 1913 Edition


Batavian

Ba-ta′vi-an

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Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe.
2.
Of or pertaining to Batavia or Holland;
as, a
Batavian
legion
.
Batavian Republic
,
the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

Ba-ta′vi-an

,
Noun.
A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
[R.]
Bancroft.

Webster 1828 Edition


Batavian

BATA'VIAN

,
Adj.
[from Batavi, the people who inhabited the isle.]
Pertaining to the isle of Betaw in Holland, between the Rhine and the Waal. But more generally, the word denotes what appertains to Holland in general.

BATA'VIAN

,
Noun.
A native of Betaw, or of the Low Countries.