"Sinclairian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Sinclairian [comparative], most Sinclairian [superlative]
Etymology: From Sinclair + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Sinclair|ian}} Sinclair + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Sinclairian (comparative more Sinclairian, superlative most Sinclairian)
  1. Of or relating to John McHardy Sinclair (1933–2007), British linguist who pioneered work in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, and language teaching.
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