Corsican
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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In 1800, he was commissioned to create a portrait of the young Corsican general Napoleon Bonaparte.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
What reunited them on the big screen for the first time since 1984’s “The Corsican Brothers”?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
Safety note: in large quantities, Corsican mint can be toxic to dogs!
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
Managers also said work started on Tuesday to chop down trees on Goose Hill, including mature Corsican pine and Scots pine, to make way for an access road for the planned Sizewell C station.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2023
The new people were something else before they were white—Catholic, Corsican, Welsh, Mennonite, Jewish—and if all our national hopes have any fulfillment, then they will have to be something else again.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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