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  • noun Plural form of Oxfordian.

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Examples

  • The only argument he is quoted as making is, “It is probably more likely that the pro-Shakespearean people are affected by a democratic bias than the Oxfordians are affected by an aristocratic bias” – not exactly compelling.

    Law 2010

  • The only argument he is quoted as making is, “It is probably more likely that the pro-Shakespearean people are affected by a democratic bias than the Oxfordians are affected by an aristocratic bias” – not exactly compelling.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • The only argument he is quoted as making is, “It is probably more likely that the pro-Shakespearean people are affected by a democratic bias than the Oxfordians are affected by an aristocratic bias” – not exactly compelling.

    Shakespeare Controversies 2010

  • The only argument he is quoted as making is, “It is probably more likely that the pro-Shakespearean people are affected by a democratic bias than the Oxfordians are affected by an aristocratic bias” – not exactly compelling.

    Shakespeare and the Supremes 2009

  • Mr. Matus made it his duty to do battle with the people who have come to be known as the Oxfordians.

    A Local Life: Irvin Leigh Matus, 69, penniless Shakespeare scholar who lived by his own design 2011

  • Stratford, by the way, was not just a village in Shakespeare's time, though it suits the "Oxfordians" to present Shakespeare as an ignorant village yokel: "By the King's letters patent in the seventh year of Edward VI's reign, it became an independent town-ship; a corporation possessed of a common seal and consisting of a bailiff and a council of fourteen burgesses and fourteen aldermen."

    Shakespeare & Co. Ogburn, Charlton 1992

  • Stevens, like other "Oxfordians," finds it unlikely that an ordinary man like William Shakespeare could have known all that he did about history, let alone been possessed of such an extraordinary writing talent.

    Arizona Daily Wildcat 2009

  • Oxfordians believe that Shakespeare's use of Latin and court life in his plays adds to the probability of a nobleman as the author of the plays.

    Jonathan Hobratsch: Shakespeare Is Shakespeare Jonathan Hobratsch 2011

  • Oxfordians believe that Shakespeare's use of Latin and court life in his plays adds to the probability of a nobleman as the author of the plays.

    Jonathan Hobratsch: Shakespeare Is Shakespeare Jonathan Hobratsch 2011

  • When Oxfordians argued that there was no evidence that Shakespeare attended school, Mr. Matus went to Stratford and looked through old enrollment ledgers.

    A Local Life: Irvin Leigh Matus, 69, penniless Shakespeare scholar who lived by his own design 2011

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