Adrian
[ey-dree-uh n]
- Edgar Douglas,1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- (Gilbert),1903–59, U.S. fashion and costume designer.
- Hadrian.
- a city in SE Michigan.
- a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “from Hadria,” an ancient city in northern Italy.
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Adrian I
or Hadrian I
- died a.d. 795, pope 772–795.
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Adrian II
or Hadrian II
- Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.
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Adrian III
or Hadrian III
- Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
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Adrian IV
or Hadrian IV
- Nicholas Breakspear, c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.
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Adrian V
or Hadrian V
- died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
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Adrian VI
or Hadrian VI
- 1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
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Contemporary Examples
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Adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness he has brought to this inquiry from its beginning.
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Adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son.
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Historical Examples
To discover the artist and Enid's address was for Adrian the work of a few minutes.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
Was Adrian thinking of his kind master, or of his master's daughter?
In Kings' BywaysStanley J. Weyman
Adrian tried this cautiously, with little hope of being heard.
In Kings' BywaysStanley J. Weyman
Here the clerk Adrian presently found him, and murmured some apology.
In Kings' BywaysStanley J. Weyman
I hastened with my papers to Lieutenant Adrian, who glanced over them contemptuously.
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Adrian
- Edgar Douglas, Baron Adrian. 1889–1977, English physiologist, noted particularly for his research into the function of neurons: shared with Sherrington the Nobel prize for physiology and medicine 1932
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Adrian IV
- original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)
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Word Origin and History for adrian
Adrian
masc. proper name, from Latin Adrianus/Hadrianus, literally "of the Adriatic" (see Adriatic).
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Adrian
(ā′drē-ən)Edgar Douglas First Baron Adrian. 1889-1977- British physiologist. He shared a 1932 Nobel Prize for major advances in the understanding of the nervous and muscular systems and was one of the first to study electrical activity in the brain and nervous system.
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