a. and sb. [f. L. Lacedæmoni-us, Gr. Λακεδαιμόνιος (f. Lacedæmōn, Gr. Λακεδαίμων) + -AN.] A. adj. a. Of or pertaining to Lacedæmon (Sparta) or its inhabitants. b. Of speech or correspondence LACONIC. B. sb. A native of Lacedæmon.
1780. Cowper, Lett., 16 March, Wks. 1837, XV. 50. Till your letters become truly Lacedæmonian, and are reduced to a single syllable.
1807. Robinson, Archæol. Græca, II. xv. 168. Their clothing was so thin that a Lacedæmonian vest became proverbial.
1870. Emerson, Soc. & Solit., iv. 87. If any one wishes to converse with the meanest of the Lacedæmonians.
1900. Daily News, 15 March, 6/3. The 46th owed their name of The Lacedemonians to their colonels stirring speech on the ancient Spartans.