WALLOONS

Wal‐loons″ (?), n. pl.; sing. Walloon (�). [[Cf. F. wallon.]] A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. “A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a spear.” Shak. Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; — so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.