Etymology

Stratfordian

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Today it means: An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford. Full definition →

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The story

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

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