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Ian

1

[ ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn ]

noun

  1. a male given name, Scottish form of John.


-ian

2
  1. a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though -ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian .

-ian

suffix

  1. a variant of -an

    Johnsonian

    Etonian

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ian1

Extracted from Latin loanwords in which -ānus (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; -an
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ian1

from Latin -iānus
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Example Sentences

Yes, the original Bond, as imagined by Ian Fleming, was obviously white.

The medical record, from an Ebola case, made for grim reading, but Dr. Ian Crozier could not put it down.

He went on to thank his family, his gallerist, distributor, and paid tribute to artist Ian White.

Oh, and that his profile on Twitter and his name elsewhere say “Ian Miles Cheong” whereas mine says “Arthur Chu.”

Update: Ian Sams, a spokesman for the DNC, has informed me that the airbone creature was, a Cliff Hawk.

"Headmen" they have, leaders of various degrees of authority, but no Vich Ian Vohr, no semi-sacred representative of the tribe.

Ophid′ian, Ophid′ious, pertaining to serpents: having the nature of a serpent.

Sheumais must wait till Ian Macarthur came back again, which might be any day now.

She was at Ranza-Mr, and when a shadow came into the dairy where she was standing she looked up, and saw Ian before her.

Before the great venture began Sir Ian Hamilton had to throw the enemy off the scent.

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