Meanings
proper nounSlobodian (plural Slobodians)
plural Slobodians · alternative Slobodyan · alternative Slobodjan
- A surname.
On May 28, 1975, 16-year-old Michael Slobodian walked into Brampton Centennial Secondary School and opened fire, killing two people and wounding 13 others before turning the gun on himself.
2015 May 23, Andrew Francis Wallace, “Brampton Centennial students still haunted by shooting rampage 40 years on”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2023 - A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
- UkrainianСлободян
- EnglishSlobodian
From Ukrainian Слободян (Slobodjan).
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APA
Slobodian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slobodian
MLA
“Slobodian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slobodian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Slobodian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slobodian.
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