Definition of "peninsular" in Englisch

adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

   • The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.

2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

   • Near-synonym: insular

noun

1. One who inhabits a peninsula.

2. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.

3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.