a. [See prec. and -IAN.] Belonging to or characteristic of the duke of Wellington.

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1854.  Poultry Chron., I. 439/2. She performs this duty, too, in a true Wellingtonian spirit, coming off her nest with quiet dignity.

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1889.  Academy, 14 Sept., 159/1. The Wellingtonian legend was once as strong in England as the Napoleonic in France.

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1907.  Nation, 5 Oct., 9/1. There is a Wellingtonian vigour in his way of stating a case.

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