"Irishian" meaning in English

See Irishian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Irishians [plural]
Etymology: Irish + -ian Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Irish|ian}} Irish + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Irishian (plural Irishians)
  1. (archaic) A scholar of the Irish language. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Irishian-en-noun-MqvzRT1~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian

Inflected forms

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