POLONIAN


Meaning of POLONIAN in English

I. pəˈlōnēən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Medieval Latin Polonia Poland + English -an

archaic : polish

a Polonian Jew by birth — W.J.Mickle

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

archaic : pole VI 1

served against the Tartar and the Polonian — J.H.Burton

III. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Poloni us, worldly-wise and long-winded old courtier in the tragedy Hamlet (about 1601) by William Shakespeare died 1616 English dramatist and poet + English -an

: resembling or held to resemble Polonius : having qualities or habits held to characterize Polonius

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