Rotarian
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6.3
- noun
- /roʊˈtɛəriən/
- Well, join the Rotarians just like yours truly.
- fellow Rotarians
- local Rotarian
Examples
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I am sure your Rotarians intended me no offense.
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Executive Director: Rotarian Aghama Omoruyi, Artist, Museologist & Author.
Academic text (1997) -
Just like your local Rotarians.
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Let's just get together here, Rotarians...
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Gabriel Snow is the oldest Rotarian in the Northside Club.
Fiction book (1991) -
Hey, I'm a Rotarian!
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A few minutes later, he learned that the Rotarians had expected today's speaker to be the new woman from Princeton, an expert on the Middle East.
Fiction book (1991) -
Harry Barry rises gleefully, joins Jonathan on the platform, shakes his hand as the Rotarians applaud.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her cheery manner, perpetual smile, and endless optimism would be greatly missed across the entire ideological spectrum, from student radicals to Rotarians.
Academic text (2003) -
Gabriel Snow is the oldest Rotarian in the Northside Club.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rotarian = Rotary (transparent) = rotary + an
The name of the organization 'Rotary' plus the productive member-forming suffix '-an' yields a clear meaning 'member of Rotary' for learners.
Etymology
Rotarian comes from the name Rotary, which was chosen because early club meetings were 'rotated' among members' offices. The name is like the common word rotate, meaning 'to turn', so a Rotarian is simply a member of the Rotary Club.