Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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LORETTONIAN, prop.n. A pupil, present or past, of Loretto School for Boys in Musselburgh, founded by Dr Langhorne on the site of the medieval convent of Our Lady of Loretto in 1827– [lɔrɛ′tonjən]
