Waterlandian

English

Alternative forms

• Waterlander

Etymology

From Waterland +‎ -ian, after a district in northern Holland.

Noun

Waterlandian (plural Waterlandians)

1. (historical) One of a group of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century.
2. Someone from Waterland, Netherlands

References

• “Waterlandian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.