: of, relating to, or characteristic of Friesland, the Frisians, or Frisian
1
: a member of a people that inhabit principally the Netherlands province of Friesland and the Frisian islands in the North Sea
2
: the Germanic language of the Frisian people
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Some Italian immigrants, however, were the descendants of slaves brought back to Rome from colonized territories and are thus victims of colonization if there is at least one drop of Gaulish or Frisian or Celtic blood in their DNA profile.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
The ruins were Frisian, built by a group of Germanic-speaking people from the coasts of what is now Germany and the Netherlands in the 12th century C.E.
—Joshua Learn, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
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Adjective
In the preceding Early Middle Ages, between the fifth and tenth centuries, Germanic Frisian people had founded a kingdom along the western coasts of modern Germany and the Netherlands.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Some Italian immigrants, however, were the descendants of slaves brought back to Rome from colonized territories and are thus victims of colonization if there is at least one drop of Gaulish or Frisian or Celtic blood in their DNA profile.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
The ruins were Frisian, built by a group of Germanic-speaking people from the coasts of what is now Germany and the Netherlands in the 12th century C.E.
—Joshua Learn, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
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“Frisian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Frisian. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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