continental

noun

Someone from the continent.

Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)

(UK) A denizen of continental Europe

(UK) A denizen of the European Union

(US, historical) A member of the Continental army.

(US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.

(obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

(historical, US, UK) A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

adjective

Of or relating to a continent or continents.

Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.

Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.

Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)

(UK) Alternative form of continental, continental European. [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]

(UK) Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union). [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]

(US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

(historical, US, UK) Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

Roots

teneotin- · Latin · hold

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