Taproban (native or inhabitant of Taprobana) (usually male)
“Trois cents Caualiers armez le furent receuoir hors cette ville, menans captifs douze ſortes de nations eſtrangeres, Grecs, Turcs, Arabes, Egyptiẽs, Taprobans, Indiens, Canariẽs, Maures, Ethiopiens, Sauuages, Americains, & Braſiliens : les Chefs deſquels haranguerent chacun en ſa langue, que l’interprete expliqua au Roy.” — Three hundred armed horsemen went to receive himout of the city, leading captive people from twelve kinds of foreign nations: Greeks, Turks, Arabs, Egyptians, Taprobans, Indians, Canarians, Moors, Ethiopians, Savages, Americans, and Brazilians, the leaders of whom each delivered a speech in their own language, which the interpreter explained to the king.
Synonyms: Taprobanien
Inherited from Middle French Taproban, from Latin Tāprobanus.