Walloons

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

  Walloons \Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. {Walloon}. [Cf. F. wallon.]
     A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which
     comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li['e]ge, and
     Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
     language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
     [Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot


     with a spear." --Shak.
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     {Walloon guard}, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so
        called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
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