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for Portuguese
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
Pg. portuguez.]
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
& pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
[1913 Webster]
Portuguese man-of-war. (Zool.) See Physalia.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
Portuguese
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the
people of Portugal; "Portuguese wines" [syn: Lusitanian]
n 1: the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
2: a native or inhabitant of Portugal
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :
PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They
are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed
with garlic.
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