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Rotarian, a. and n.|rəʊˈtɛərɪən|
Also occas. with small initial.
[f. rotary a. and n. + -an.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Rotary organization, a Rotary Club, or Rotarians.
B. n. A member of a Rotary Club. Cf. rotary a. 4.
1911(title of periodical) The Rotarian. 1915Chicago Herald 9 Nov. 10/5 The Rotarians will observe ‘Moving Picture day’ at a luncheon in the crystal room of the Hotel Sherman. 1921Glasgow Herald 10 Feb. 9/4 The President..said the Prince lived out consistently the motto of Rotarians, ‘Service, not self’. Ibid. 15 June 11/1 An effective programme on education must produce a more intense study of Rotarian literature, a more liberal use of the Rotarian speakers available [etc.]. 1923R. Herrick Homely Lilla xi. 181 Lilla, on opening the newspapers, often found his name and a brief report of his remarks at a Rotarian lunch. 1928L. North Parasites 270 Rotarians and women's clubs wrote her letters applauding her patriotic stand for home-products. 1931[see Main Street, main street b]. 1935G. Greene Basement Room 141 He wouldn't have recognized himself among the rotarians. 1939W. Fortescue There's Rosemary lv. 313, I quietly repeated the rondeau he had written for the Rotarian garden-party we had so lately given at Admiral's House. 1947Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 704/1 Rotarians throughout the world devoted their programs during the month of November to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 1955Times 9 May 3/2 The father, a pillar of rotarian society, expects the worst and is won over. 1968M. Bragg Without City Wall xxiv. 225 There, too, was the herd, just as herd-like as the Institutes, Rotarians, Churches, and Social Activators. 1976Time 27 Sept. 30/1 When a Southerner calls his territory ‘God's country,’ he is less Rotarian than religious. 1978G. Vidal Kalki iii. 53 Dr. Ashok detached himself from a group of American secret agents (or Rotarians or salesmen).
Hence Roˈtarianism, the Rotarian system; the way of life held to be characteristic of Rotarians.
1922Nation (N.Y.) 19 Apr. p.v (Advt.), Do you know your state? How it stands in intelligence, rotarianism, bootlegging, evangelism, crime? 1928Daily Express 20 June 2/5 A pantomime symbolising the story of the spread of Rotarianism throughout the world. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §231/1 Rotarianism, middle-class propriety. |