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Piedmontese

[ peed-mon-teez, -tees ]

noun

, plural Pied·mon·tese.
  1. a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the people or region of Piedmont, Italy.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Piedmontese1

First recorded in 1635–45; Piedmont + -ese
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Example Sentences

The Piedmontese tried to present this campaign of conquest as a liberation.

In fact, as Gilmour notes, many more Lombards fought against the Piedmontese (and for the Austrians) than with them.

Piedmontese attempts to recruit soldiers elsewhere in Italy miserably failed.

Nobody suffered more from the Piedmontese conquest than the Italians of the South.

Engagement between the Austrians and Piedmontese before Verona; great loss on both sides.

Now and then Fortunio had to intervene, to make plainer to this ignorant Piedmontese mind the Marquise's questions.

Trouv, the moving spirit of the Commission, had but one idea, to curb the growing democratic spirit of the Piedmontese.

I obtained an interview, however, with the Piedmontese consul, to learn if possible some account of my relatives.

Here the Lombard brigadier spoke of the Piedmontese carabineers, saluted me, and repassed the bridge.

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