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Mertian

Mertian is the alternative form of Mercian.

Meaning of Mercian

Noun

Mercian (plural Mercians)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
    • And comming forth shall spred his banner brave / Over the troubled South, that it shall make / The warlike Mertians for feare to quake […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Forms of Mertian

pluralMertians

Questions about Mertian

What is Mertian the alternative form of?
Mertian is the alternative form of Mercian.

Words near Mertian in the dictionary

  1. Merthur
  2. Merthyr
  3. Merthyr Mawr
  4. Merthyr Tydfil
  5. Merthyr Vale
  6. Mertian
  7. Mertians
  8. mertiatide
  9. mertieite
  10. mertilize
  11. Merton

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