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An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

The inhabitants of a nation or people. These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the land believed. Dryden.

Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.

A native or inhabitant of the Levant.

Of or having to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. -- n.

A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.

One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.

ces, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages…

Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

An inhabitant of the moon.

Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. Dryden. Lydian st…

A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.

heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.