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Belgian

[ bel-juhn ]

noun

  1. a native or an inhabitant of Belgium.
  2. one of a breed of large, strong draft horses, raised originally in Belgium.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Belgium.

Belgian

/ ˈbɛldʒən /

noun

  1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Belgium See also Fleming 1 Walloon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgians
  2. of or relating to the Walloon French or the Flemish languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • an·ti-Bel·gian adjective noun
  • pro-Bel·gian adjective noun
  • pseu·do-Bel·gian adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Belgian1

First recorded in 1615–25; Belgi(um) + -an
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Example Sentences

A Belgian church has a chalkboard sitting at the pulpit with the jungle peeking through the windows behind it.

A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.

But in the case of this Belgian royal, this de Merode, all that seems to have been forgotten.

The Belgian had a stint in America, before coming back to Paris in 1911 to stay at the apartment of Apollinaire.

The Belgian court is now determining whether to grant Johnson bail while she awaits trial.

There were eight passengers besides myself; five Frenchmen, one Belgian, and two citizens of Milan.

And that treatise of Van de Water, the Belgian, on the sublimation of the sub-conscious by the negation of the self-censor.

They take in a couple of French papers at this cafe, and the same number of Belgian journals.

One of them was when he had proposed to adopt a Belgian child, and Aunt Harriet had offered horrified protest.

It was early in the war then, and between Ypres and the sea stretched a long thin line of Belgian trenches.

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