zemblianhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zemblian_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZemblian, n. & adj.
Revised 2018

† Zembliannoun & adjective

Obsolete.
  1. noun
    1. 1674–1796
      A native or inhabitant of Novaya Zemlya; = Zemblan n.
      1. 1674
        Samoiedes, Siberians, Zemblians [French Zembliens].
        translation of P. M. de la Martinière, New Voyage into Northern Countries 34
      2. 1796
        As the rude Zemblian views with anxious eyes The sun fast rolling from his wintry skies.
        St. J. Honeywood, Poem on President's Address 3
  2. adjective
    1. a1761–89
      Of or relating to Novaya Zemlya; = Zemblan adj.
      1. a1761
        Thy unwearied soul..gave to Britain half the zemblian sky.
        J. Cawthorn, Poems (1771) 179
      2. 1780
        The Dutch..attempted a passage through the Zemblian Straits to China.
        E. Macfait, New Syst. General Geography i. 323
      3. 1789
        With blood like Zemblian ice, and heart of stone.
        W. L. Brown, Ess. Sensibility iii. 82

Originally published as part of the entry for Zemblan, n. & adj.

Zemblian, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.

Zemblian, n. & adj. was last modified in July 2023.