samnite

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Sam=nite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun samnite has 1 sense

samnite(n = noun.person) - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans;

is a member of

campania

is a kind of italian

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

samnite, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of a people of ancient Italy often at war with republican Rome.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of this people or their language.

Etymology

ME f. L Samnites (pl.), rel. to Sabinus SABINE