English Online Dictionary. What means christian? What does christian mean?
English
Pronunciation
Noun
christian (plural christians)
- Uncommon spelling of Christian.
Adjective
christian (comparative more christian, superlative most christian)
- Uncommon spelling of Christian.
- 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale ):
- […] Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22d day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. […] —Now you ſee, brother Toby, he would ſay, looking up, "that chriſtian names are not ſuch indifferent things;"———had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity———Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name——far from it——'tis ſomething better than a neutral, and but a little——yet little as it is, you ſee it was of ſome ſervice to him.
Middle English
Adjective
christian
- Alternative form of Cristien
Old French
Adjective
christian m (oblique and nominative feminine singular christiane)
- Alternative form of chrestien