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Lu⋅cian

  [loo-shuhn]
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–noun
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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Lu·cian   (lōō'shən)   
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.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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