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Lapp definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Swedish Date: 1641 sometimes offensive Sami • Lappish adjective or noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a member of a nomadic Mongol people of N. Scandinavia. 2 the language of this people. --adj. of or relating to the Lapps or their language. Etymology: Sw. Lapp, perh. orig. a term of contempt: cf. MHG lappe simpleton

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lapps Lapps, n. pl.; sing. Lapp. (Ethnol.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Laplander Lap"land*er, n. A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lapp Lapp, n. Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.