[Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Hispanic"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent work, Fred and Ben. Here is a link to the 1823 book
containing the word “Hispanic” that the newspaper article is quoting.
The book was translated from German by Thomasina Ross:
https://books.google.com/books?id=wWcUAAAAQAAJ&q=Hispanic#v=snippet&

Which OED sense does this citation illustrate?

Garson

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 11:47 AM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Clipped this a few days ago but forgot to post it to the list!
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> https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108786505/hispanic-romance/
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> On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 6:35 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> > Hispanic (OED 1972)
> >
> > 1823 _Times_ (London) 6 Feb. 3/4 (Newspapers.com)  The foreigner, who is
> > not prepossessed by any national partiality in favour of either the
> > Castilian or the Portuguese modifications of the Hispanic romance.
> >
> >
> >
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