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Baconians

Baconians is the plural of Baconian.

Meaning of Baconian

Noun

Baconian (plural Baconians)

  1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
  2. One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
    • In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in...1891, Shakespeariana: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, page 195

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Baconians is the plural of Baconian.

Words near Baconians in the dictionary

  1. Baconian
  2. Baconian cipher
  3. Baconian induction
  4. Baconian method
  5. Baconianism
  6. Baconians
  7. Baconic
  8. baconise
  9. baconised
  10. baconises
  11. baconising

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