Meaning of continental | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone from the continent.
2. Of or relating to a continent or continents
3. Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
4. A member of the Continental army.
   US, historical
5. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore
6. A denizen of continental Europe
   UK
7. Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
   US, historical
8. Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe
9. A denizen of the European Union
   UK
10. The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
    broadly, obsolete
11. Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War
12. A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
    UK, US, historical
13. Someone from the continent

Equivalents

Examples

“Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves.”

“not worth a continental”

“I don't care a continental!”

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