Salopian

English

Etymology

From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈləʊ.pɪən/

Noun

Salopian (plural Salopians)

1. 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.

2. A pupil of Shrewsbury School

Adjective

Salopian (comparative more Salopian, superlative most Salopian)

1. (British) of or from Shropshire
2. (British, chiefly Shropshire) of or from Shrewsbury

   the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter

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