Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person from Schleswig.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Schleswig + -er, or directly from the German Schleswiger.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Schleswiger.

Examples

  • Schleswiger opened his haversack, which was well supplied, and finding paper, pens and ink, fell to writing with one eye watchful of the window and both ears listening for any movement in the room below.

    Barlasch of the Guard Henry Seton Merriman 1882

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.