Stratfordian

Meaning

Noun

  • An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford.
  • A person who, in the controversy over who wrote William Shakespeare's plays, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.

Origin

  • From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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