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-ean

  1. an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea:

    crustacean.



-ean

suffix forming adjectives

  1. a variant of -an

    Caesarean

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ean1

< Latin ( us ) ( Greek -eios ), -ae ( us ) ( Greek -aios ), -e ( us ) + -an
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Example Sentences

Kevin O'Donoghue told the High Court in Edinburgh that around the time his neighbour went missing, the workman told him Ean wasn't coming back as he had gone to live with his sister in England.

From BBC

Ean's sister Audrey told the trial that neither she, nor their other sister, lived in England.

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He sent a text message to Ean asking why the workman had taken his bin.

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Part of a letter sent to Mr O'Donoghue was later found in the grey bin at the Whitehill industrial estate where Ean's remains were discovered.

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But a woman who had been in a relationship with David Barnes identified him from an image of a man sitting in a car outside Ean's house.

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