Moldavian, a. and n.
(mɒlˈdeɪvɪən)
[f. Moldavia, formerly a province of northern Turkey, now part of Romania: see -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Moldavia or its inhabitants. Moldavian balm, Moldavian mint, the plant Dracocephalum moldavicum. Moldavian cloak = moldave 1.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Moldavian Baulm, Dracocephalum. 1821 Shelley Hellas 289 The false Moldavian serfs fled. 1890 Century Dict. s.v., Moldavian cloak. 1891 Syd. Soc. Lex., Moldavian mint, the Dracocephalum moldavicum. |
B. n. a. An inhabitant of Moldavia. b. The Moldavian language.
| 1603 [see miss v. 23 f]. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox i. 8/1 The names of this animal in the present day are as follow:—bison,..in Polish tur,..in Moldavian zimbr [etc.]. 1851 Borrow Lavengro xlviii, The cuffs which I had seen him bestow upon the Moldavian. 1904 Speaker 24 Dec. 320/1 Translations from the Turkish, Arabic,..or Moldavian. |