Downtonian

English

Etymology

Downton +‎ -ian

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Noun

Downtonian (plural Downtonians)

1. (slang) A fan of the television series Downton Abbey.
   • 2013 March, Georgette Gouveia, “Getting Down With 'Downton'”, in Wag, page 24:

     (As all Downtonians know, this, too, turns out to be felicitous when after much travail, cousin Matthew and Lady Mary happily wed at the beginning of season three.)

   • 2014 January 5, “Americans rekindle its 'Downton Abbey' affair”, in Kuwait Times, page 39:

     From coast to coast, "Downtonians" will be at the edge of their chesterfields, keen to see what's next for the Crawleys in 1920 after the unexpected deaths of two beloved young members of the patrician family.

   • 2014, "Music Listings", One & Other, Issue #12, January/February 2014, page 64:

     For all Downtonians, perk your ears up: Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora) will be losing her corset this February in favour of leathers and a mic stand to play her husky, country-esque vocals with her band Sadie and the Hotheads.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Downtonian.
2. (geology) A stage of strata at the base of the Devonian period.
   • 2015, T. R. Owen., The Geological Evolution of the British Isles, page 65:

     The stage names of the Lower Devonian (Downtonian, Dittonian and Breconian) and of the Upper Devonian (Farlovian) are all derived from localities in Shropshire or Breconshire.