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Nelsonian, a.|nɛlˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. Nelson 2 + -ian.]
Belonging to the time of Nelson; pertaining to, characteristic of, or relating to Nelson. Hence Nelsoniˈana, a collection of papers, relics, etc., relating to Nelson.
1909Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 3/5 A volume of Nelsoniana, which realised {pstlg}145. 1913Q. Rev. Apr. 461 We have only to go back to the eighties to find ships..with their..guns still mounted on the Nelsonian trucks worked by hand⁓spikes. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 699/4 The Nelsonian mannerisms of words, dress and movements. 1958Listener 2 Oct. 519/1 This valuable addition to Nelsoniana is the hundredth volume published by the Navy Records Society. 1969Sunday Times 2 Nov. 8/7 Every editor knows how to turn a Nelsonian eye on a lack of O and A levels if he has a promising journalist before him. 1971B. Callison Plague of Sailors iv. 134 It was conceivable that Their Lords of the Admiralty might have been prepared to turn a Nelsonian blind eye to H.M. Ships shooting up the odd foreign cargo boat. |