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Sweelinckian

Sweelinckian adjective: of or relating to Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue who was one of the first major keyboard composers of Europe.

Adjective

Sweelinckian (comparative more Sweelinckian, superlative most Sweelinckian)

  1. Of or relating to Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue who was one of the first major keyboard composers of Europe.

Forms of Sweelinckian

comparativemore Sweelinckian
superlativemost Sweelinckian

Origin of Sweelinckian

From Dutch Sweelinck + -ian.

Questions about Sweelinckian

What does Sweelinckian mean?
Sweelinckian means of or relating to Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue who was one of the first major keyboard composers of Europe.
What part of speech is Sweelinckian?
Sweelinckian is an adjective.

Words near Sweelinckian in the dictionary

  1. Sweeden
  2. Sweedens
  3. sweedie
  4. Sweedy
  5. Sweek
  6. Sweelinckian
  7. sweem
  8. Sween
  9. Sweeney
  10. Sweeneys
  11. Sweens

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