Adrian

[ ey-dree-uh n ]

/ ˈeɪ dri ən /

noun

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.

Definition for adrian (2 of 7)

Adrian I

or Hadrian I

noun

died a.d. 795, pope 772–795.

Definition for adrian (3 of 7)

Adrian II

or Hadrian II

noun

Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.

Definition for adrian (4 of 7)

Adrian III

or Hadrian III

noun

Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.

Definition for adrian (5 of 7)

Adrian IV

or Hadrian IV

noun

Nicholas Breakspear, c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.

Definition for adrian (6 of 7)

Adrian V

or Hadrian V

noun

died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.

Definition for adrian (7 of 7)

Adrian VI

or Hadrian VI

noun

1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.

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Examples from the Web for adrian

Adrian Hill, owner of the Picturecraft Gallery in Holt where Williamson lived at the time, organized the show.
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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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Adrian, for whom there was no more work that afternoon, proposed to Roger that they take a walk to Truem Wright's grist mill.
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And then, ere Adrian could answer, he inquired, "Have you much on deposit there?"
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Three years afterward he even did more than Pope Adrian had advised.
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Adrian from his tent door watched her retreating form, and his triumph and delight were unbounded.
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Adrian the Sixth, who succeeded Leo, was his old schoolfellow, and implored his assistance in terms which made refusal impossible.
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British Dictionary definitions for adrian (1 of 2)

Adrian

/ (ˈeɪdrɪən) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for adrian (2 of 2)

Adrian IV

noun

original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)

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Medicine definitions for adrian

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.