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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Julian Originally Flavius Claudius Julianus. Known as "Julian the Apostate.” A.D. 331?-363. Emperor of Rome (361-363) who attempted to restore the official dominance of paganism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or derived from Julius Cæsar
- In geology, noting a group of the pelagic Triassic system in Europe and Asia, forming the middle part of the Carinthian stage preceded by the Cordevolian group and followed by the Tuvalian. In the Mediterranean Triassic province it is represented by the Raibl beds.
- n. The Julian group.
Wiktionary
- n. The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Apostate.
- n. A male given name derived, via Julianus from Julius
- n. A female given name derived from Juliana. It was popular in medieval England but today mostly appears in the form Gillian.
- adj. of, or relating to Julius Caesar
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Relating to, or derived from, Julius Cæsar.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar
- n. Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
Examples
“Venezuela has for years been a refuge for Colombia's leftist insurgents and it was not clear whether the arrest of Guillermo Torres, better known by his alias "Julian Conrado," indicates that is changing.”
“The Prosecutor General's office says in a statement that Guillermo Torres Cueter, better known by the alias "Julian Conrado," was taken to the military hospital in Caracas on Friday for tests.”
“The investigators also said they had recovered online chats between Pt Manning and a user by the name "Julian Assange" during which WikiLeaks was discussed.”
“Guillermo Torres Cueter, better known by the alias "Julian Conrado," was captured in southwestern Venezuela in May.”
“Next they bestowed upon him a quinquennial festival, as to a hero, and managers of sacred rites for the festival of naked boys in Pan's honor, [110] constituting a third priestly college which they called the Julian, and on the occasion of all combats in armor one special day of his own each time both in Rome and the rest of Italy.”
“Julian is a fool, no question, and his search is foolish.”
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“(Julian is technically much more powerful, but the fact that he was fused with the Diamond should be taken into consideration.) - Wings”
“I think that Julian is saying that the left should decry self-evidently silly nonsense from the right, rather than saying, Oh yeah?”
“I think Julian is right that the categories are muddied in this instance.”
“True, the bond was ultimately cemented through a joint-effort assassination, yet in Julian the audience got a real-deal, precision killer, albeit one with a few issues that needed ironing out.”
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