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Span⋅iard

  [span-yerd]
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–noun
a native or inhabitant of Spain.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME Spaignarde < OF (e)spaignart, equiv. to Espaigne Spain + -art -ard
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Span·iard   (spān'yərd)   
n.  A native or inhabitant of Spain.

[Middle English, from Old French Espaniard, from Espaigne, Spain, from Latin Hispānia.]
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Word Origin & History

Spaniard 
c.1400, from O.Fr. Espaignart, from Espaigne "Spain," from L. Hispania, from Gk. Hispania "Spain," Hispanos "Spanish, a Spaniard," probably from Celt-Iberian, in which (H)i- represents a definite article. The earlier Eng. noun was Spaynol (c.1350), from O.Fr. Espaignol.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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