Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Chili or to its inhabitants: as, a Chilian manufacture.
- noun An inhabitant or a native of Chili, a South American republic lying between the Pacific ocean and the watershed of the Andes, and west of the Argentine Republic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Chili.
- noun The commander or chief of a thousand men.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
chiliarch ; thecommander orchief of athousand men.
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Examples
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I think the most memorable thing for me would be the chilian miners ordeal.
NYT > Home Page By TAMARA BEST 2011
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I think the most memorable thing for me would be the chilian miners ordeal.
NYT > Home Page By TAMARA BEST 2011
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I think the most memorable thing for me would be the chilian miners ordeal.
NYT > Home Page By TAMARA BEST 2010
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I think the most memorable thing for me would be the chilian miners ordeal.
NYT > Home Page By TAMARA BEST 2010
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Plus, this week, the nephew was staying at his grandmother’s house, along with two “cousins” (actually the grandmother’s brother’s daughters, who are 12 and 10), and their mom is chilian and called her daughters, speaking in spanish (on the speaker phone, apparently).
who’s your daddy? 2005
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