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Fleming definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLEM'ING, n. A native of Flanders, or the Low Countries in Europe.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964) [syn: Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming]
2: Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) [syn: Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming]
3: a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc (akin to Middle Dutch Vlander Flanders) Date: 12th century a member of the Germanic people inhabiting northern Belgium and a small section of northern France II. biographical name Sir Alexander 1881-1955 British bacteriologist III. biographical name Ian Lancaster 1908-1964 British writer IV. biographical name Sir John Ambrose 1849-1945 English electrical engineer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a native of medieval Flanders in the Low Countries. 2 a member of a Flemish-speaking people inhabiting N. and W. Belgium (see also WALLOON). Etymology: OE f. ON Flæmingi & MDu. Vlaming f. root of Vlaanderen Flanders

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fleming Flem"ing, n. A native or inhabitant of Flanders.