I. -an /
ən/ (
also -ean, -ian)
suffix[
Language: Old French;
Origin: -en, from Latin -anus]
1. [in adjectives and nouns] someone or something of, from, or connected with a particular thing, place, or person:
suburban
Jamesian2. [in nouns] someone skilled in or studying a particular subject:
a historian (=someone who studies history) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲