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Batavian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BATA'VIAN, a. [from Batavi, the people who inhabited the isle.]
Pertaining to the isle of Betaw in Holland, between the Rhine and the Waal. But more generally, the word denotes what appertains to Holland in general.
BATA'VIAN, n. A native of Betaw, or of the Low Countries.

Merriam Webster's

adjective or noun see Batavia

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batavian Ba*ta"vi*an, a. Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) ?atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batavian Ba*ta"vi*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.] --Bancroft.