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Melvilleans

Melvilleans is the plural of Melvillean.

Meaning of Melvillean

Noun

Melvillean (plural Melvilleans)

  1. (historical) A supporter of Scottish education reformer Andrew Melville (1545–1622).
  2. An admirer or scholar of the works of Herman Melville (1819–1891).
    • But for me, and apparently for the Melvilleans who every summer trek up Monument Mountain on the first Sunday of August, the mountain has become a monument not to star-crossed Iroquois lovers but to the meeting of Hawthorne and Melville. Starting the easy hike up Monument Mountain on a sunny day in...1998, Ian Marshall, “Greylock and the Whale”, in Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail, Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 163

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Questions about Melvilleans

What is Melvilleans the plural of?
Melvilleans is the plural of Melvillean.

Words near Melvilleans in the dictionary

  1. Melvertons
  2. Melvill
  3. Melville
  4. Melville Forest
  5. Melvillean
  6. Melvilleans
  7. Melvilles
  8. Melvillian
  9. Melvillians
  10. melvin
  11. Melvin Village

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