continental
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Of or relating to a continent or continents.
- Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
- Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
- Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
- Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
- Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland): Alternative form of continental, continental European.
- Alternative form of continental, continental European: Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union).
- Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
Noun
- Someone from the continent.
- A member of the Continental army.
- Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
- The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
- Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
- Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe): A denizen of continental Europe
- A denizen of continental Europe: A denizen of the European Union
- A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
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