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• Laconian
  Laconian

  noun

  a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
• laconian
  laconian

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

Laconian

American  

[luh-koh-nee-uhn] / ləˈkoʊ ni ən /

noun

• Laconians
  plural

1. a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.

2. an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Laconia.

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of Laconia.

laconian British  

/ ləˈkəʊnɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

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adjective

1. of or relating to Laconia or its inhabitants

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• Laconians
  plural

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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.

From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2018

Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon one side wall of the entrance a Laconian molossus, painted in encaustic, and accompanied by the warning inscription "Cave canem" barked at the moon and the visitor with pictured fury.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier

When it settled, every Laconian was roaring with delight.

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis

The bidiæi are called in the inscriptions βίδεοι, or βίδυοι; this, according to Boeckh's ingenious explanation, is the Laconian form of ἴδυοι, ϝίδυοι, and signifies witnesses and judges among the youth.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

Judged by the highest standards, Lycurgus certainly did not form the Laconians into an ideal nationality.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

The cavalry were thus distributed: the Laconians, Thebans, and all the Macedonians present were posted on the right.

From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns

It was long before the Laconians grew quiet enough to listen to the call of the herald.

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis

We attribute too much to the Laconians; as for myself, I know that they are not the cause of all our troubles.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

Half a dozen burly Laconians precipitated themselves without concert or order upon the athlete.

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis