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Downtonians

Downtonians is the plural of Downtonian.

Meaning of Downtonian

Noun

Downtonian (plural Downtonians)

  1. (slang) A fan of the television series Downton Abbey.
    • (As all Downtonians know, this, too, turns out to be felicitous when after much travail, cousin Matthew and Lady Mary happily wed at the beginning of season three.)2013 March, Georgette Gouveia, “Getting Down With 'Downton'”, in Wag, page 24
  2. A stage of strata at the base of the Devonian period.
    • The stage names of the Lower Devonian (Downtonian, Dittonian and Breconian) and of the Upper Devonian (Farlovian) are all derived from localities in Shropshire or Breconshire.2015, T. R. Owen., The Geological Evolution of the British Isles, page 65

Questions about Downtonians

What is Downtonians the plural of?
Downtonians is the plural of Downtonian.

Words near Downtonians in the dictionary

  1. downtoned
  2. downtoner
  3. downtoners
  4. downtones
  5. Downtonian
  6. Downtonians
  7. downtoning
  8. downtown
  9. downtowner
  10. downtowners
  11. downtowns

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