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Definition of continental noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

continental

noun

/ˌkɒntɪˈnentl/

/ˌkɑːntɪˈnentl/

(British English, old-fashioned, often disapproving)

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a person who lives in the continent of Europe, not including Britain and Ireland

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