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caledonian
CIDE DICTIONARY
caledonian, a.
Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caledonian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to Scotland.
2 Geol. of a mountain-forming period in Europe in the Palaeozoic era.
--n. a Scotsman.
--adj.
1 of or relating to Scotland.
2 Geol. of a mountain-forming period in Europe in the Palaeozoic era.
--n. a Scotsman.
Etymology
L Caledonia northern Britain
ROGET THESAURUS
caledonian
Inhabitant
N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.For further exploring for "caledonian" in Webster Dictionary Online
