"Downtonian" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Downtonian.ogg [Australia] Forms: Downtonians [plural]
Etymology: Downton + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Downton|ian}} Downton + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Downtonian (plural Downtonians)
  1. (slang) A fan of the television series Downton Abbey. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people), Television
    Sense id: en-Downtonian-en-noun-dcWkrmdh Disambiguation of Fans (people): 80 20 Disambiguation of Television: 74 26
  2. (geology) A stage of strata at the base of the Devonian period. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-Downtonian-en-noun-jSjAj2S0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 35 65 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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