Trollope
noun
Anthony, 1815ā82, English novelist.
Trollopian
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a word derived from
Trollope.
Example Sentences
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The problem is that Pinero's play depends on the existence of a secure Trollopian world in which clerics are automatically revered: something hard to recapture today.
From The Guardian ā Jul. 4, 2012
Major, a keen Trollopian, once revealed, when I was interviewing him about a cricket book of his, that he had also attempted, but abandoned, a novel.
From The Guardian ā Jan. 21, 2011
It is a Trollopian situation, as scientific panjandrums play politics with the skill and gusto of the Barchester Cathedral chapter contending over a vacant canonry.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he has been a dedicated Trollopian since his undergraduate days at Cambridge.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a great deal of Trollopian morality in the fate of these two men, the latter of whom "could not have said anything ill- natured if he had tried."
From Confessions and Criticisms by Julian Hawthorne
