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  • proper noun UK A person from Shropshire
  • proper noun UK A person from Shrewsbury
  • adjective UK of or from Shropshire
  • adjective UK of or from Shrewsbury

Etymologies

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From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig ("Shropshire")) + -ian

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