"Mertonian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Mertonian [comparative], most Mertonian [superlative]
Etymology: Merton + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Merton|ian}} Merton + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Mertonian (comparative more Mertonian, superlative most Mertonian)
  1. Of or relating to Robert K. Merton (1910–2003), American sociologist.
    Sense id: en-Mertonian-en-adj-OPvnO5fM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 82 18

Noun

Forms: Mertonians [plural]
Etymology: Merton + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Merton|ian}} Merton + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mertonian (plural Mertonians)
  1. (Oxford University, informal) A member or alumnus of Merton College, Oxford. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Mertonian-en-noun-HClf0jCf Categories (other): Oxford University English

Inflected forms

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