Nelsonian

English

Etymology

From Nelson +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Nelsonian (comparative more Nelsonian, superlative most Nelsonian)

1. Of or relating to Horatio Nelson.
   • 1999, Sanford V. Sternlicht, C. S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga, page 89:

     It ended as a fictional epic of a successful British naval officer, cast in the Nelsonian mold, who was born in obscurity on July 4, 1776, and who survived shot and shoal to live into an honored old age.

2. Pertaining to a place called Nelson

Derived terms

Horatio Nelson

• Nelsonian knowledge

 

Related terms

• Nelsonesque

 

Noun

Nelsonian (plural Nelsonians)

1. A denizen of a place called Nelson
2. (music) The Nelsonian, a one-man-band multi-instrument designed by Albert Nelson for multi-instrumentalists and one-man bands.

Anagrams

• nonaliens, nonsaline