Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.) · One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
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From Mohammed + -an, from the earlier form Mahometan, coined in the 17th century.