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Definition of: Adrian
(ā′drē·ən)
1. A masculine personal name. Also Fr. A·dri·en (á·drē·a′), Ital. A·dri·a·no (ā′drē·ä′nō), Lat. A·dri·a·nus (ā′drēā′nəs).
2. Appellation of six popes. [<L]
—Adrian See HADRIAN.
—Adrian IV, 1100?– 59, real name Nicholas Breakspear, pope 1154–59; the only English pope.
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