ardian

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Definition of ardian

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noun

(historical)A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.

“A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Ardian” comes from the Gaelic “Ard” meaning “chief”, and “Ian” or “Eun”, a “bird”.”

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noun

(historical)A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.

“A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Ardian” comes from the Gaelic “Ard” meaning “chief”, and “Ian” or “Eun”, a “bird”.”
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of ardian.

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A compounding of the Scottish Gaelic àrd (“chief”) + eun (“bird”).

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