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▪ I. Cottonian, n. nonce-wd.|kəˈtəʊnɪən|
[Cf. Cottonopolis.]
One whose interests are in the cotton trade; a member of the ‘Manchester school’ of politicians or economists.
1846Ld. Ashburton in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxiv. 77 Cobden's speech to the French economists showed great tact and ability. That is a very clever Cottonian, and his character puzzles me.
▪ II. Cottonian, a.|kɒˈtəʊnɪən|
Pertaining to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1570–1631) or the collection of books made by him, and deposited in the British Museum in 1753.
[1696(title) Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ.] 1700–1Act 12 & 13 Will. III c. 7, That the said Library should be kept and preserved by the Name of the Cottonian Library for Publick Use and Advantage. 1759Butler Lives Saints IV. 512 In her Cottonian life by an allusion to her name she is styled the Fair Wenefride. 1824Ellis Orig. Lett. 1st Ser. I. p. xx, The Signature of King Richard the Second..occurs once in the Cottonian Library. 1866‘Larwood’ & Hotten Hist. Signboards 174 A MS. in the Cottonian Library relating the journey of Margaret of England to Scotland. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 515/1 The Cottonian MSS., acquired by the country in 1700. 1968Ibid. VI. 612/2 Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce..English antiquary, the founder of the Cottonian library. |