Schleswiger

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Schleswig, the northern half of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    "There I met another German, or rather a Schleswiger, by the name of Bondiz, who was also a merchant."

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"There I met another German, or rather a Schleswiger, by the name of Bondiz, who was also a merchant."

Etymology

From Schleswig + -er, or directly from the German Schleswiger.

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