Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gortonian

/ɡɔɹˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gor-to-ni-an
IPA: /ɡɔɹˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A religious follower of Samuel Gorton (1593–1677), an early settler and civic leader of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and President of the towns of Providence and Warwick. His outspoken religious beliefs differed from the dominant Puritan theology.

Etymology

From Gorton + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Gorton

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡɔɹˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
British English: /ɡɔːˈtəʊ.ni.ən/

Inflected Forms

Gortonians (plural)

Synonyms

Gortonist Gortonite

Rhymes With

smithsonian estonian macedonian babylonian caledonian devonian draconian amazonian hamiltonian newtonian ionian oregonian

Questions

How do you pronounce gortonian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɔɹˈtoʊ.ni.ən/.
What does gortonian mean?: A religious follower of Samuel Gorton (1593–1677), an early settler and civic leader of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and President of the towns of Providence and Warwick. His outspoken religious beliefs differed from the dominant Puritan theology.
Where does gortonian come from?: From Gorton + -ian.

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