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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. Jovian 1 Originally Flavius Jovianus. A.D. 331?-364. Emperor of Rome (363-364). He made peace with the Persians by giving up all Roman territories beyond the Tigris River.
  2. adj. Roman Mythology Of, relating to, or resembling Jupiter.
  3. adj. Of, relating to, or resembling the planet Jupiter.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to the god Jove or the planet Jupiter; Jovial.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of, or relating to Jupiter (the Roman deity).
  2. adj. Of, or relating to Jupiter (the planet).
  3. adj. Similar to the planet Jupiter, in size or composition.
  4. n. An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.
  5. n. Flavius Jovianus, a Roman emperor.
  6. adj. Of, or relating to Jupiter (the Roman deity).
  7. adj. Of, or relating to Jupiter (the planet).
  8. adj. Similar to the planet Jupiter, in size or composition.
  9. n. An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.
  10. n. Flavius Jovianus, a Roman emperor.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter
  2. adj. of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter

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