Continental

noun

Word Frequency: 12.0

Definitions

1.nounSomeone from the continent.

2.nounA member of the Continental army.

3.nounPaper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.

4.noun(by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

"I don't care a continental!"

5.adjectiveOf or relating to a continent or continents.

"continental drift"

6.adjectiveOf the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore

"continental Europe"

7.adjective(chiefly in the UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe

"continental breakfast"

8.adjectiveOf or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

"continental money"