Dictionary![]() ![]() Ar•i•anPronunciation: (âr'ē-un, ar'-), [key] —adj. of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism. —n. an adherent of Arianism. Ar•i•anPronunciation: (âr'ē-un, ar'-), [key] —adj., n. Aryan. -ariana suffix forming personal nouns corresponding to Latin adjectives ending in -ārius or English adjectives or nouns ending in -ary (librarian; proletarian; Rotarian; seminarian; sexagenarian; veterinarian); subsequently productive in English with other Latinate stems, forming nouns denoting a person who supports, advocates, or practices a doctrine, theory, or set of principles associated with the base word: authoritarian; establishmentarian; totalitarian; vegetarian. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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