continental
noun
Meaning
- Someone from the continent.
- A member of the Continental army.
- Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
- (by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
- Of or relating to a continent or continents.
- Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore
- (chiefly in the UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe
- Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
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