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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD [syn: Salian Frank, Salian]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to the Salii, a 4th-c. Frankish people living near the River Ijssel, from which the Merovingians were descended. --n. a member of this people. Etymology: LL Salii

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Salian Sa"lian, a. Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic. -- n. A Salian Frank.