Wilkinsonian

发音

UK /ˌwɪl.kɪnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
US /ˌwɪl.kɪnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/

词形变化

Wilkinsonians 复数 Wilkinsonians

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A follower of the Quaker preacher Jemima Wilkinson, known as the Public Universal Friend; a member of the Universal Friends.

  2. 2.

    A supporter of any of a number of other people named Wilkinson.

    If Mr. Doulton does not know what consistency is, teach him, and place Mr. Wilkinson at the head of the poll. That was regarded as "vituperation," and the St. Giles's poet was called into play. This was the shot he fired at the Wilkinsonians […]

    The Wilkinsonians, unaware that the Commander-in-Chief knew of their plots, continued their disloyal practices. They spread rumors among the Kentuckians that trouble with the commissariat was all Wayne's fault, and that […]

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the Quaker preacher Jemima Wilkinson, known as the Public Universal Friend, or to the Society of Universal Friends.

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to any of a large number of other people with the surname Wilkinson,

词源

From Wilkinson + -ian.

来源：wiktionary