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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1646
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Senatorian, adj. [e.m.E. senatorian (1614).] Of a family: Noted for producing ‘senators’, i.e. leading men of affairs, councillors, statesmen, etc. (Cf. Senatour n. 1 d and 2). — c1646 Craufurd Edinb. Univ. fol. 31.
Mr. Andrew Stevenson spoken of before (son to Andrew Stevenson an honest burges of an senatorian familie
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