Definition of "lusitanian" []

• Alternative spelling of Lusitanian. (adjective)

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• "It was an attempt by the colonial regime to reinforce the feeling of community through the creation of an image of an enemy that put the “lusitanian community” in danger."
• "“Eemian sediments were recognized because of the presence of lusitanian and mediterranean mollusc species.”"
• "Noteworthy among the wars of the Spaniards against Roman domination are those of Viriathus (150-140 B.C.), a lusitanian chieftain; the struggle of Numantia (133), which imitated the example set by Saguntum; that of Sertorius, a partisan of Marius, who was proscribed by Sulla, fled to Spain, and there put himself at the head of the Spaniards."