Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Mercia or its people, dialect, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- noun The Old English dialect of Mercia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Mercia, an ancient kingdom in the central part of England, extending westward to the Welsh border. It reached its greatest height in the seventh and eighth centuries.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of ancient Mercia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A native or inhabitant of the
Anglo-Saxon kingdom ofMercia . - noun The dialect of
Old English spoken in Mercia.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Xeran battle borg Colonel Mercian is assigned to kill Charlotte and Jessica; the latter because the former tainted her.
Warrior: The Time Hunters-Angela Knight « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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In the decades since then, it has overrun the shores of two continents, conquering all the lands of the Mideres Sea aside from the islands known as the Mercian Free Ports and the powerful Alhazii Caliphate to the east, the source of the Empire's gunpowder.
Archive 2010-05-01 Adam Whitehead 2010
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In the decades since then, it has overrun the shores of two continents, conquering all the lands of the Mideres Sea aside from the islands known as the Mercian Free Ports and the powerful Alhazii Caliphate to the east, the source of the Empire's gunpowder.
Farlander by Col Buchanan Adam Whitehead 2010
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A separate stretch of road will be called Mercian Way as a tribute to local soldiers.
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Scholars have named these emergent dialects of English after the kingdoms where they were spoken: West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian, and Kentish.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Scholars have named these emergent dialects of English after the kingdoms where they were spoken: West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian, and Kentish.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Eldridge supplies the Desert Rats 7th Armoured Division with their oatmeal-colored Guernseys, the Tank regiment (black), the Intelligence Corps (V-necked army green) and the Mercian.
Coolhunter: The Guernsey Tina Gaudoin 2010
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Alfred the Great, his grandfather, was born in Mercian Berkshire, not in Wessex, and in later life Alfred was closely supported by the alderman of that county.
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Once Alfred came to power, he must have worried about the emergence of a Mercian royal to compete with him in his new role as natural protector of all English people, or as he put it, "Angelcynn, the English-kin."
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Why, what a uniquely and wonderful Mercian story this is!
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