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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1030 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERNACULAR (
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Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave
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horn in his
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master's
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house)  , a
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term meaning native or indigenous, belonging to the
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country where a
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person is
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born . The word is practically confined in
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English usage to
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language, whether of the country as a whole or of particular dialects or idioms .

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