Definition of Tunisian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Tunisia.

Group relationships: Republic Of Tunisia, Tunisia
Generic synonyms: African

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents. "Tunisian markets"
Partainyms: Tunis

3. Adjective. Of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants. "Tunisian archeological sites"
Partainyms: Tunisia
Derivative terms: Tunisia

Definition of Tunisian

1. Noun. A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunisian

Tunga penetrans
Tungabhadra
Tungidae
Tungoose
Tungooses
Tungus
Tunguses
Tungusic
Tungusic language
Tungusological
Tunguz
Tunis
Tunis cake
Tunis cakes
Tunisia
Tunisian
Tunisian Arabic
Tunisian dinar
Tunisian dirham
Tunisian monetary unit
Tunisians
Tunney
Tuohy needle
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army
Tupamaros
Tupi
Tupi-Guarani
Tupi-Guarani language
Tupi-Guaraní

Literary usage of Tunisian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The tunisian galleys sailed along all the coasts of the Mediterranean, ... Although the English Admiral Blake in 1665 burned nine large tunisian pirate ..."

2. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1854)
"Reported Capture of tunisian Vessels carrying Provisions to Tripoli. — Discussions arising from it. — A Tunis' ian Xebec arrested and examined by an ..."

3. The Land of Veiled Women: Some Wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco by John Foster Fraser (1911)
"The tunisian—Moslem or Jew—likes bulk. He likes his wife to look like an ... The tunisian woman is Humpty-Dumpty and Daniel Lambert reincarnated as one ..."

4. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"The fact that the Christians were established in Gerba, where they could menace the tunisian coast, apparently enabled Frederic to accomplish this, ..."

5. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"The tunisian embassador, who had arrived about the same time with Eaton, had been received with much ceremony. He was entertained at the public expense, ..."

6. Actual Africa; Or, The Coming Continent: A Tour of Exploration by Frank Vincent (1895)
"The General was dressed in the tunisian uniform, a dark blue coat covered with embroidery, red trousers and a fez cap. Three silver stars on his sleeve ..."

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