zemblanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zemblan_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZemblan, n. & adj.
Revised 2018

† Zemblannoun & adjective

Obsolete.
  1. noun
    1. 1674–1794
      A native or inhabitant of Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in northern Russia.
      1. 1674
        We descryed..a Zemblane [French Zemblien] in a Canoe.
        translation of P. M. de la Martinière, New Voyage into Northern Countries 122
      2. 1759
        He has not said a word of the Russians, the Tartars, the Samoiedes, the Zemblans.
        Critical Review October 289
      3. 1794
        Every thing in the appearance of this people [sc. the Esquimaux], denotes them to be the same with the Laplanders, the Zemblans.., and the Tartars.
        S. Williams, Natural & Civil History of Vermont viii. 195
  2. adjective
    1. 1729–1805
      Of or relating to Novaya Zemlya; (hence) arctic, northern.
      1. 1729
        From yon Zemblan Rock his Crest he shrouds.
        R. Savage, Wanderer iv. 81
      2. 1753
        Cold, like Zemblan savage drest, Who boldly bares his hardy breast.
        T. Warton in Union: Select Scots & English Poems 82
      3. 1767
        How doubly sharp it blows, From Zemblan and Tartarian coasts!
        W. Harte, Amaranth 64
      4. 1805
        Lybian sands, or Zemblan snows.
        M. A. Shee, Rhymes on Art i. 7

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

Zemblan, n. & adj. was last modified in September 2024.