Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buchananian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: buchana-ni-an
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.

American usage

Example Sentences

"I did not address the Buchanan situation before because it was so distasteful. I was sick at the thought of the Buchananian nastinesses I would have to recount: the demeaning of the Holocaust, the phony “evidence” to question a crime of the gas chambers, the smarmy defense of war criminals and the attacks on American prosecutors who dare chase them down, […]"

Etymology

From Buchanan + -ian.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more Buchananian (comparative) most Buchananian (superlative)

Questions

What does buchananian mean?: Of or relating to Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.
Where does buchananian come from?: From Buchanan + -ian.

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