Waterlandian

English

Alternative forms

Waterlander

Etymology

Waterland +‎ -ian, after a district in northern Holland.

Noun

Waterlandian (plural Waterlandians)

(historical) One of a group of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century.
Someone from Waterland, Netherlands

References

“Waterlandian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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