ADRIAN


Meaning of ADRIAN in English

I. ˈā-drē-ən biographical name

name of 6 popes: especially IV ( Nicholas Break·spear ˈbrāk-ˌspir ) 1100?-1159 the only English pope (1154-59)

II. biographical name

Roman emperor — see Hadrian

III. biographical name

Edgar Douglas 1889-1977 1st Baron of Cambridge English physiologist

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.