Milanese

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.

    "—the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—"

  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of Milan wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

Synonyms

All synonyms
artgroupmilanermovementschool

Example

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"Manzoni outlines the mistakes that allowed the pestilence to spread, from the outlying villages of the contadini [peasants] to the Milanese."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian milanese.

Related phrases

Milanese chant

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