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.

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1780.  Cowper, Lett., 16 March, Wks. 1837, XV. 50. Till your letters become truly Lacedæmonian, and are reduced to a single syllable.

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1807.  Robinson, Archæol. Græca, II. xv. 168. Their clothing was so thin that ‘a Lacedæmonian vest’ became proverbial.

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1870.  Emerson, Soc. & Solit., iv. 87. If any one wishes to converse with the meanest of the Lacedæmonians.

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1900.  Daily News, 15 March, 6/3. The 46th owed their name of ‘The Lacedemonians’ to their colonel’s stirring speech on the ancient Spartans.

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