PORTUGUESE

portuguese. Portuguese, n. sing. and pl. a native or the language of Portugal

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Por″tu‐guese (?), a. [[Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.]] Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
Portuguese man-of-war. (Zoöl.) See Physalia.