Bernese

[ bur-neez, -nees, bur-neez, -nees ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Bern or its inhabitants.

noun

, plural Ber·nese.

1. an inhabitant or native of Bern.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bernese¹

First recorded in 1800–10; Bern + -ese

Example Sentences

Marty was in a drunken haze when his wife Gloria announced she was adopting a Bernese Mountain Dog.

From The Daily Beast

The last to me was from Geneva, sending me a short but most interesting journal of an excursion to the Bernese Alps.

From Project Gutenberg

Emboldened by this victory, the Evangelical Bernese proposed in the diet that every Swiss should renounce foreign service.

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The governor insinuated to the Bernese deputies, that he might well claim their intervention.

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When once the Bernese had quitted Neuchatel, the governor and the clergy would easily have the upperhand.

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Nevertheless, Frey called loudly for battle; but the Bernese commandant Diesbach refused.

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