humanitian

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhjuːməˈnɪʃən/

Noun

humanitian (plural humanitians)

1. (obsolete) A humanist.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     I haue read historie, I am a little humanitian

References

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