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Savilian

Savilian adjective: of or pertaining to Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622), English scholar, or the professorships he founded at Oxford University.

Adjective

Savilian (comparative more Savilian, superlative most Savilian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622), English scholar, or the professorships he founded at Oxford University.

Noun

Savilian (plural Savilians)

  1. A member of the Savile Club in London, England.

Forms of Savilian

Adjective
comparativemore Savilian
superlativemost Savilian
Noun
pluralSavilians

Origin of Savilian

From Savile + -ian.

Questions about Savilian

What does Savilian mean?
Savilian means of or pertaining to Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622), English scholar, or the professorships he founded at Oxford University.
What part of speech is Savilian?
Savilian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Savilian in the dictionary

  1. savignygrin
  2. Savile
  3. Savile Row
  4. Savile snooker
  5. Savile Town
  6. Savilian
  7. Savilians
  8. Savill
  9. Saville
  10. Savilles
  11. savin

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