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Holmesians

Holmesians is the plural of Holmesian.

Meaning of Holmesian

Noun

Holmesian (plural Holmesians)

  1. A fan of the character Sherlock Holmes; one who studies or enjoys the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • So great a protest arose from 20,000 Holmesians, including Queen Victoria and her family, that Doyle revived the character in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), “The Adventure of the Empty House” (1903), and “The Adventure of the Second Stain” (1904).2005, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature, Facts on File, published 2005, →ISBN, page 179

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Questions about Holmesians

What is Holmesians the plural of?
Holmesians is the plural of Holmesian.

Words near Holmesians in the dictionary

  1. Holmes-Adie syndrome
  2. Holmes-Rahe scale
  3. Holmesfield
  4. Holmesian
  5. Holmesiana
  6. Holmesians
  7. Holmesish
  8. Holmesville
  9. Holmesy
  10. Holmethorpe
  11. Holmewood

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