Tyrolean

or Ti·ro·le·an

[ ti-roh-lee-uhn, tahy- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
2. designating or typifying the peasant dress of the Tyrol, especially a man's soft-brimmed, usually green felt hat with a peaked crown and a feather or brush ornament on the hatband.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tyrolean¹

1800–10; Tyrol + -ean (variant of -ian )

Example Sentences

Then again amateurs may resort to the old French makers, some old English and the Tyrolean, which may be had cheaper still.

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On to Linz, when the train came, gradually losing sight of the Tyrolean mountains and entering the great plain of the Danube.

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And the word "Tyrolean" now suggested to him a national song which had long reposed in his musical cabinet at home.

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The sun had disappeared behind the summits of the Tyrolean Alps, and the moon was already risen above the low barrier of the Lido.

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He sat hunched up over his steering-wheel, with the brim of a Tyrolean hat drawn down over his eyes.

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