Miltonian
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A person who admires or studies the works of the poet John Milton
- noun
- /mɪlˈtoʊniən/
- Literature
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miltoniano
- The literature club includes several Miltonians who passionately discuss his influence on modern poetry.
Examples
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He proudly identifies as a Miltonian, having read all of Milton's works multiple times.
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In Burnetian (or even Miltonian) terms, if humans lost their inner vision at the Fall, a journey to the Pole must involve an initial failure to recognize that the journey has an esoteric as well as an exoteric meaning; this failure must produce catastrophe followed by suffering and eventual redemption.
Academic text (1997) -
As a devoted Miltonian, she often quotes passages from Milton's poetry in her lectures.
How Devoted
Surface Forms
Miltonian singular
Miltonians plural
Morphology
Etymology
Miltonian comes from the poet John Milton plus the ending -ian, which means 'a person who follows or studies' someone, like in Shakespearean. So, a Miltonian is a person who admires, studies, or follows the works and ideas of John Milton.