ruritanian

English - Turkish

Definition of ruritanian in English Turkish dictionary

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Ruritanyalı

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English - English

Definition of ruritanian in English English dictionary

A person from the fictional land of Ruritania

Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, used to state a general or hypothetical situation

In practice, the Ruritanian regime is autocratic, controlling business, government, finance, and military posts.

Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction

These claims were called the Greater Ruritania by the cultivated classes who regarded Kipling, Treitschke, and Maurice Barres as one hundred percent Ruritanian. But the grandiose idea aroused no enthusiasm abroad. So holding this finest flower of the Ruritanian genius, as their poet laureate said, to their hearts, Ruritania's statesmen went forth to divide and conquer.

{i} of or pertaining to Ruritania; of or pertaining to an imaginary setting used in fairy tales and romantic stories; of or pertaining to a small out-of-the-way city or region (Informal)

an imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania of or pertaining to or characteristic of Ruritania (or any other imaginary country)

Etymology

() After Ruritania, a fictional kingdom used as the setting for stories by Anthony Hope (1863-1933).