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Samnite definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Samnium, Italy Date: 14th century a member of an ancient people of central Italy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a member of a people of ancient Italy often at war with republican Rome. 2 the language of this people. --adj. of this people or their language. Etymology: ME f. L Samnites (pl.), rel. to Sabinus SABINE