a. Rom. Antiq. [f. late L. līmitāne-us (f. līmit-, līmes LIMIT sb.) + -AN.] Stationed on the border.
1839. Keightley, Hist. Eng., I. 129. Lands given to those who were named the Limitanean and Ripuarian soldiery.
a. Rom. Antiq. [f. late L. līmitāne-us (f. līmit-, līmes LIMIT sb.) + -AN.] Stationed on the border.
1839. Keightley, Hist. Eng., I. 129. Lands given to those who were named the Limitanean and Ripuarian soldiery.
