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The "Practical English Usage", by Michael Swan, an OUP book gives following brief answer:
3 Suffixes that form nouns or adjectives
-(i)an-supporter of, language of-(Examples-Darwinian, republican)
nouns-citizen of-(Examples-Parisian, Moroccan.)
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoWell, a librarian is someone who works in or keeps a library. Just because you belong to or are a member of the library it doesn't make you a librarian. You have to work there.
The suffix "-ian" has a lot of meanings, so many that it would be hard to list them. You've heard the joke, "If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?" You might as well ask, "If librarian means someone who works in a library, what does ovarian mean?"
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∙ 9y agoWhile hard to find, There are a couple words that end in IAN. Such as Christian, comedian, and historian.
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∙ 15y agoIt comes from the Celtic/Gaelic meaning, God is gracious.
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∙ 9y agoThe suffix -ian in reference to a person means that the person specializes in something. In the case of a librarian, it would mean that the person specializes in library science.
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What is the suffix for the word magician?
The suffix is -ian.
Does the word peddler have a prefix or a suffix?
Pedestrian does not have a prefix. The suffix is -ian. The root word is ped.
Suffix meaning of or belong to?
A suffix is an ending. The suffixes "an" and "ian" mean of, or belonging to. An example of a suffix meaning belong to is Italian, meaning belonging to Italy.
What does the prefix ian mean?
"ian' is not a prefix. A prefix is at the start of a word.
What is the best definition of the suffix -ician?
It's not a real suffix, you know. The real suffix is "ian" meaning a person from or connected to a place or activity or party. An Egyptian is a person from Egypt (Egypt+ian). A Christian is a person who follows the religion of Christ (Christ+ian). A musician is someone who plays music (music+ian). Probably the most widely used of these words is politician (politic+ian). By analogy to this word, people divided the word wrong as polit+ician, and treated -ician as a suffix in such relatively new words as mortician (mort+ician), or beautician (beaut(y)+ician). Similar misdivisions have created the suffix -aholic, as in "shopaholic" from a misdivision of alcoholic as alc+oholic rather than the correct alcohol+ic.
What is the suffix of the word magician?
The suffix of the word "magician" is -ian.
What is the suffix for the word magician?
The suffix is -ian.
Does the word peddler have a prefix or a suffix?
Pedestrian does not have a prefix. The suffix is -ian. The root word is ped.
Occupations that end in ian?
pilotion gayuistian (real word look it up)
Suffix meaning of or belong to?
A suffix is an ending. The suffixes "an" and "ian" mean of, or belonging to. An example of a suffix meaning belong to is Italian, meaning belonging to Italy.
Jobs ending in ian?
physician, electrician,Mathematician, librarian
What is the suffix in obstetrician?
ian
What do the suffix ian mean?
The suffix "-ian" typically denotes belonging to or relating to a particular place, group, or characteristic. For example, "Canadian" refers to someone from Canada, and "musician" refers to someone involved in music.
What does the suffix an or ian means?
of or relating to
What does the prefix ian mean?
"ian' is not a prefix. A prefix is at the start of a word.
What is the best definition of the suffix -ician?
It's not a real suffix, you know. The real suffix is "ian" meaning a person from or connected to a place or activity or party. An Egyptian is a person from Egypt (Egypt+ian). A Christian is a person who follows the religion of Christ (Christ+ian). A musician is someone who plays music (music+ian). Probably the most widely used of these words is politician (politic+ian). By analogy to this word, people divided the word wrong as polit+ician, and treated -ician as a suffix in such relatively new words as mortician (mort+ician), or beautician (beaut(y)+ician). Similar misdivisions have created the suffix -aholic, as in "shopaholic" from a misdivision of alcoholic as alc+oholic rather than the correct alcohol+ic.
Suffix meaning one who?
There are two suffixes used to mean "one who." These suffixes are "-ian" and "-an." They can also mean "one that (is)" and "related to."
