Stratfordian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford.
A person who, in the matter over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.

adj

Pertaining to the mainstream view that William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him.

/stɹætˈfɔːdi.ən/ /stɹætˈfɔɹdi.ən/

Stratfordian Stratfordians

From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Baconian

Anti-Stratfordian

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