-ean

American  

1. an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea:

   crustacean.

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-ean British  

suffix

1. a variant of -an

   Caesarean

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Etymology

Origin of -ean

< Latin -ē ( us ) ( Greek -eios ), -ae ( us ) ( Greek -aios ), -e ( us ) + -an

Example Sentences

Ean also wants owners to better maintain their boats, which are aging too.

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"It was so cold that once you fell in you wouldn't survive the hypothermia, especially at his age," said his daughter Ean, still distraught over his death.

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Initially, the remains could not be identified and it wasn't until a facial reconstruction was circulated by the media that they were later confirmed as those of 60-year-old Ean Coutts.

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Ean had last been seen on 2 September 2019.

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"Nobody had a bad word to say about Ean," Det Sgt Roxburgh said.

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