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nounLeidener (plural Leideners)
plural Leideners
- A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands.
The choice to retain a tax rather than to forgo a university (whose benefits Leideners continue to enjoy) demonstrated that the burghers of the Netherlands did not object to taxes as such.
1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, →ISBN, page 52Synonyms: Leidenite
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nounA native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands.
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From Leiden + -er. Compare German Leidener.
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Leidener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leidener
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