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1.	a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.

2.	(“Lucian of Antioch”; “Lucian the Martyr”) a.d. c240–312, theologian and Biblical critic, born at Samosata, in Syria.

3.	a male given name.

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Greek satirist. His two major works, Dialogues of the Gods and Dialogues of the Dead, ridicule Greek philosophy and mythology.

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Lucian

masc. proper name, from L. Lucianus (cf. Fr. Lucien), a derivative of Roman Lucius, from lux (gen. lucis) "light" (see light (n.)).

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