HELVETIC

Source: 566, 567

helvetic. Helvetic, a. relating to the Swiss or Switzerland, anciently called Helvetia

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Hel‐ve″tic (?), a. [[L. Helveticus, fr. Helvetii the Helvetii.]] Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.