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

   Etonian

   Johnsonian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ian¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ian¹

from Latin -iānus

Example Sentences

Managing Partner Ian Beatty said that SecondQuarter, which has invested in businesses including Sequoia Capital-backed design-software developer Canva, has secured early commitments from both new and existing investors.

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Lifelong Middletown resident Ian Reddinger, 37, recalls relatives telling war stories about surviving the accident, but the businessman and borough council member now looks forward to a promised economic upswing.

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Ian Buchanan, a sheep and dairy farmer based outside Dungiven, County Londonderry, said there is "a state of shock" among the farming community.

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As the journalist and editor Ian Hislop put it when I interviewed him for my documentary series, What's The Monarchy For?

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This is the easy part - the difficult one is how to replace such a world-class talent, who is third in the club's all-time scoring list behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.

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