CORSICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corsican mean? 

• CORSICAN (adjective)
  The adjective CORSICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people

  Familiarity information: CORSICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORSICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Corsica (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Derivation:

Corsica (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Corsica (an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France)

 Context examples 

I have dreamed as greatly as the Corsican.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I remember the awe with which one day in Thomas Street, Portsmouth, I saw a print of the great Corsican in a bookseller’s window.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Corsican knew.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)