Burgundian, a. and n.
(bɜːˈgʌndɪən)
Also 6–7 burgonian.
[f. the territorial name Burgundy (L. Burgundia, F. Bourgogne) + -an.]
A. adj. Belonging to Burgundy (in any of the senses of the name). † Burgonian cross = St. Andrew's cross (see Andrew). Burgundian hay: = Burgundy Hay, see Burgundy 4. Burgundian pear: an old variety of pear of globular shape and delicate flavour.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. xiii. 334 The leaves are set togyther, standing lyke to a Burgonian Crosse. 1607 Topsell Serpents 666 As it were in form of a Burgonian crosse, or of the letter X. 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1727) 234 Burgundian Grape. 1671 Grew Anat. Plants vi. §10 Amongst Pears, the Burgundian. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 12 Burgundian Hay..is a Species of Trefoil, or Saintfoin. 1832 Downes Lett. fr. Cont. Count. I. 527 Some traces of Burgundian times, still extant here. |
B. n.
1. An inhabitant of Burgundy; also used for one of the Teutonic nation of the Burgunds, from whom Burgundy received its name.
† 2. (In form Burgonian.) A kind of ship; perh. merely a ship built in the Burgundian dominions, which in the 15th c. included the Netherlands.
| 1601 Holland Pliny I. 86 The Vindili, part of whom be the Burgundians. 1618 Perkin Warb. in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 60 A conference he had once with a Burgonian. 1627 Drayton Agincourt 110 Foure Burgonians excellently man'd. |