Salopian
English edit
Etymology edit
From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Salopian (plural Salopians)
- A person from Shropshire.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section I:
- I […] find her Recorded a SALOPIAN, and that the good Town of SHREWSBURY boasts the Honour of her Birth.
- A pupil of Shrewsbury School
Adjective edit
Salopian (comparative more Salopian, superlative most Salopian)
- (British) of or from Shropshire
- (British, chiefly Shropshire) of or from Shrewsbury
- the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter