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Grotian

Grotian adjective: of or relating to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Dutch jurist who laid the foundations for international law.

Adjective

Grotian (comparative more Grotian, superlative most Grotian)

  1. Of or relating to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Dutch jurist who laid the foundations for international law.

Forms of Grotian

comparativemore Grotian
superlativemost Grotian

Words formed from Grotian

Questions about Grotian

What does Grotian mean?
Grotian means of or relating to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Dutch jurist who laid the foundations for international law.
What part of speech is Grotian?
Grotian is an adjective.

Words near Grotian in the dictionary

  1. Grothes
  2. grothite
  3. grothites
  4. Grothman
  5. Groths
  6. Grotian
  7. Grotianism
  8. Grotke
  9. Groton
  10. Grotowskian
  11. grots

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