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Barclayan

The English word “Barclayan” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of Berean (“member of 18th-century Scottish Protestant sect”).

Etymology

From Barclay + -an, after their leader, former Scottish Presbyterian minister John Barclay (1734-1798).

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