Portuguese

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
     Pg. portuguez.]
     Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
     & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Portuguese man-of-war}. (Zool.) See {Physalia}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Portuguese
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the
             people of Portugal; "Portuguese wines" [syn: {Lusitanian}]
       n 1: the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
       2: a native or inhabitant of Portugal

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PORTUGUESE, n.pl.  A species of geese indigenous to Portugal.  They
  are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed
  with garlic.