| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bilander |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bil·an·der |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l  n-dr, b ln- |
| NOUN: | Nautical A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Dutch billander, probably from binlander, inlander, from binnenlander : binnen, within (from Middle Dutch; see en in Appendix I) + land, land; see lendh- in Appendix I.
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