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Language: Latin
Origin: -arius; -ARY

-arian

 suffix
     
-arian
1 [in nouns]XX someone who believes in or does a particular thing:
a vegetarian (=someone who does not eat meat)
a librarian (=someone who works in a library)
2 [in adjectives]XX for people of this type, or relating to them:
a vegetarian restaurant
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