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Monacan

[mon-uh-kuh n, muh-nah-kuh n]
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noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
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adjective
  1. of or relating to Monaco.
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Also Monegasque.

Origin of Monacan

Monac(o) + -an
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Examples from the Web for monacan

Historical Examples

  • Hugon, half Monacan and half Frenchman, is bartering skins with a Quaker.

    Audrey

    Mary Johnston

  • Then shall she have the wooing of the son of a Monacan woman.

    Audrey

    Mary Johnston

  • With this he said he could quickly break the head of a Monacan.

  • The Monacan expedition the King discouraged, and refused to furnish for it either guides or men.

    Captain John Smith

    Charles Dudley Warner

  • He travelled far in the Monacan country, where the "Stoics of the woods" received him in an impassive, noncommittal manner.

    The Birth of the Nation

    Mrs. Roger A. Pryor

British Dictionary definitions for monacan

Monacan

adjective
  1. of or relating to Monaco or its inhabitants
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noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Monaco
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