SAMNITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

• SAMNITE (noun)
  The noun SAMNITE has 1 sense:

1. an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans

  Familiarity information: SAMNITE used as a noun is very rare.

• SAMNITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Samnite" is a kind of...):

Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

Holonyms ("Samnite" is a member of...):

Campania (a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia)