Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria, or to the inhabitants of Algeria.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Algiers or Algeria, in Africa; particularly, one of the indigenous Berber or Arabic inhabitants of Algiers, as distinguished from the French colonists. See
Algerian . - noun A pirate: from the fact that the people of Algiers were formerly much addicted to piracy.
- noun [lowercase] A woolen material woven in stripes of bright colors, and often with gold thread, generally too loose and soft for ordinary wear, and made into scarfs, shawls, and the like.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Algiers or Algeria, in Africa; particularly, one of the indigenous Berber or Arabic inhabitants of Algiers, as distinguished from the French colonists. See
Algerian . - noun A pirate: from the fact that the people of Algiers were formerly much addicted to piracy.
- noun [lowercase] A woolen material woven in stripes of bright colors, and often with gold thread, generally too loose and soft for ordinary wear, and made into scarfs, shawls, and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of loosely woven cloth in stripes of bright colors, used for
scarves ,shawls and similar.
Etymologies
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Algiers + -ine
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