Tigrean, n. (a.)
(tɪˈgreɪən, -ˈiːən)
Also † Tigrian.
[f. Tigre (see prec.) + -an; cf. -ian.]
A native of the Tigre province in northern Ethiopia. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Tigre a.
| 1842 Isenberg & Krapf Jrnl. 22 Apr. (1843) 500, I must confess that I had conceived a more favourable idea of the hospitality of the Tigrians. 1901 [see stew v.2 2 c]. 1960 E. Ullendorff Ethiopians iii. 37 A greater measure of non-Semitic ingredients in the Amharic language may accurately reflect a lesser degree of ethnic Semitization among the Amharas than is the case with the Tigreans. 1977 Daily Tel. 4 May 1/6 The secessionist Eritreans and Tigreans in the North. 1980 Observer 21 Sept. 7/5 Guerrillas of the Tigrean People's Liberation Front. |