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Shaftesburyan

Shaftesburyan adjective: of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Adjective

Shaftesburyan (comparative more Shaftesburyan, superlative most Shaftesburyan)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Forms of Shaftesburyan

comparativemore Shaftesburyan
superlativemost Shaftesburyan

Origin of Shaftesburyan

From Shaftesbury + -an.

Questions about Shaftesburyan

What does Shaftesburyan mean?
Shaftesburyan means of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.
What part of speech is Shaftesburyan?
Shaftesburyan is an adjective.

Words near Shaftesburyan in the dictionary

  1. shafted
  2. shafter
  3. shafters
  4. Shaftesburian
  5. Shaftesbury
  6. Shaftesburyan
  7. shafthead frame
  8. shafthead frames
  9. Shaftholme
  10. shafthouse
  11. shafthouses

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