Adrian
[ ey-dree-uh n ]
/ ˈeɪ dri ən /
noun
Edgar Douglas,1889–1977,
English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
(Gilbert),1903–59,
U.S. fashion and costume designer.
a city in SE Michigan.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “from Hadria,” an ancient city in northern Italy.
Definition for adrian (2 of 7)
Adrian I
or Hadrian I
noun
died a.d. 795,
pope 772–795.
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Adrian II
or Hadrian II
noun
Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.
Definition for adrian (4 of 7)
Adrian III
or Hadrian III
noun
Saint,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
Definition for adrian (5 of 7)
Adrian IV
or Hadrian IV
noun
Nicholas Breakspear,c1100–59,
only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.
Definition for adrian (6 of 7)
Adrian V
or Hadrian V
noun
died 1276,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
Definition for adrian (7 of 7)
Adrian VI
or Hadrian VI
noun
1459–1523,
Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
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British Dictionary definitions for adrian (1 of 2)
Adrian
/ (ˈeɪdrɪən) /
noun
Edgar Douglas, Baron Adrian. 1889–1977, English physiologist, noted particularly for his research into the function of neurons: shared with Sherrington the Nobel prize for physiology and medicine 1932
British Dictionary definitions for adrian (2 of 2)
Adrian IV
noun
original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)
Medical definitions for adrian
Adrian
[ ā′drē-ən ]
British physiologist. He shared a 1932 Nobel Prize for major advances in the understanding of the nervous and muscular systems and was one of the first to study electrical activity in the brain and nervous system.