a. and sb. [See def.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to the republic of Venezuela in the north of South America. b. sb. A native or inhabitant of Venezuela.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 81/2. The congress of the Venezuelan Republic … at Angostura. Ibid., 82/1. The Venezuelan congress.
1881. W. H. Brett, Mission Work Guiana, vi. 109. From the Spaniards and Venezuelans they have suffered greatly.
1882. Caulfeild & Saward, Dict. Needlework, 514/1. Venezuelan drawn work … resembles the Oriental Drawn Thread Work and the Italian and Swedish Drawn Works.
