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Webster 1913 Edition
Chilian
Chil′i-an
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Chili.
– Noun.
A native or citizen of Chili.
Definition 2024
Chilian
Chilian
See also: chilian
English
Noun
Chilian (plural Chilians)
- (dated) A Chilean: someone from Chile.
Adjective
Chilian (comparative more Chilian, superlative most Chilian)
- (dated) Chilean.
- 1827, Joseph Andrews, Journey from Buenos Ayres through the provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, thence by the Deserts of Caranja to Arica, and subsequently to Santiago de Chili and Coquimbo, undertaken on behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association
Usage notes
- This term has been markedly less common than Chilean since about 1910. Compare Chili.