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English
Etymology
From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.
Pronunciation
Noun
Salopian (plural Salopians)
- A person from Shropshire.
1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section I:I […] find her Recorded a SALOPIAN, and that the good Town of SHREWSBURY boasts the Honour of her Birth.
- A pupil of Shrewsbury School
Adjective
Salopian (comparative more Salopian, superlative most Salopian)
- (British) of or from Shropshire
- (British, chiefly Shropshire) of or from Shrewsbury
- the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter
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