Lorrainian

From Lorraine +‎ -ian.

Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

• Lorrainer
• Lothringian

Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)

1. Of, from or relating to Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Lorrainian

1. The Rhine Franconian (and hence West Central German, Central German, High German) dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.

   Holonym: Rhine Franconian

   • 1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48:

     Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.

2. The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.

• (German dialect): Lothringian; Lorraine Franconian