Meanings
ardian1
plural ardians
- historicalgovernmentA proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.
A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Ardian” comes from the Gaelic “Ard” meaning “chief”, and “Ian” or “Eun”, a “bird”.
1936, The Periodical, XXI-XXII, page 67
Ardian2
Origin
- Scottish Gaelicàrd“chief”
- Englishardian
A compounding of the Scottish Gaelic àrd (“chief”) + eun (“bird”).
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