[a. native Bangālī.] a. adj. Of or belonging to Bengal. b. sb. A native of Bengal; the language of Bengal, one of the Aryan vernaculars of India. So the obs. Bengalan, Bengalian a. and sb.; Bengalic a.
1613. Purchas, Pilgr., I. V. v. 404. The Bengalans have a tradition or fable amongst them.
1768. Phil. Trans., LVIII. 130. Having met with a Bengalian doctor.
1801. H. Lebedeff, Gram. E. Ind. Dial., Introd. iv. My Sircar (Steward) introduced me to a Bengallic School Master.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, lix. That gentleman would not let the Bengalee rest until he had executed his promise.
1858. W. Ellis, Visits Madagascar, iii. 54. Bengalee or Chinese merchants.
1862. D. Forbes (title), Bengali Grammar.
