a. and sb. Also 7 Lituanian. [f. proper name Lithuania + -AN.]
A. adj. Belonging or relating to Lithuania, its people or language.
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), X. 102/2. Another division [of Lithuania] is into Lithuania properly so called, and Lithuanian Russia.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 53. The bulk of the Lithuanian nation remained faithful to their idols.
1843. R. Garnett, in Proc. Philol. Soc. (1845), I. 147. The Lithuanian merga, maiden.
B. sb. A native of Lithuania; also, the Lithuanian language, being one of the Lettic group of Aryan languages.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 414. Antonius Schvebergerus, the Lituanian of Vilna.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 53. In the twelfth century the Lithuanians began to be more known.
1847. Mrs. A. Kerr, Hist. Servia, 72. The plague … is considered by … the Lithuanians … to be a personal being.
