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Webster 1828 Edition

Helvetic

HELVET'IC

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Adj.
Designating what pertains to the Helvetii, the inhabitants of the Alps, now Swisserland, or what pertains to the modern states and inhabitants of the Alpine regions; as the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

Definition 2024

Helvetic

Helvetic

English

Adjective

Helvetic ‎(comparative more Helvetic, superlative most Helvetic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitants of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions.
    the Helvetic confederacy
    Helvetic states

Etymology

From Latin helveticus, from Helvetii ‎(“the Helvetii”).

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