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Australian

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noun/ɒˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
  1. 1

    A person from the Commonwealth of Australia.

    • An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.
    • It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say.
  2. 2

    A person aboriginal to Australia.

  3. 3

    A person from the continent of Australia.uncommon

  4. 4

    Australian English.

adj/ɒˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.not-comparable

    • The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking
  2. 2

    Upside down.UShumorousnot-comparable

    • Australian scrolling
name/ɒˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹeɪljən//əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
  1. 1

    The Australian, an Australian newspaper.

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