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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Tuscan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its
           people
    n 1: a resident of Tuscany
    2: a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tuscan \Tus"can\ (t[u^]s"kan), a. [L. Tuscanus, Tuscus.]
   Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically
   designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized
   and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or
   characteristic of the order. The original of this order was
   not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire.
   See Order, and Illust. of Capital.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tuscan \Tus"can\, n.
   A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
   [1913 Webster]

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