Chestertonian

English Etymology From en Chesterton ian. Pronunciation en /ˌt͡ʃɛs.təˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /ˌt͡ʃɛs.tɚˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 5 Noun A person who supports G. K. Chesterton, especially in his theology. 1921, review of The New Jerusalem, in The Catholic World (volume 113, no 674), May 1921 p. 241 The children of light, whether they are Chestertonians or not, cannot afford to pass by The New Jerusalem. en 2003 Jan Morris The World: Travels 1950-2000 W. W. Norton & Company http://books.google.com/books?id=zaTRIPsXsAkC&lpg=PA68&dq=chestertonian&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q=chestertonian&f=false 68 All this upsets our Chestertonian, who, reflecting that Britannia needs no boulevards, no spaces wide and gay, feels it somehow irritating that the French should need them either. Adjective Of or relating to G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), English writer and lay theologian. en 1993 New Scientist 138 1874-9 http://books.google.com/books?id=AR_xAAAAMAAJ&q=chesterfieldian+chestertonian&dq=chesterfieldian+chestertonian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nHzSU6KdDve-sQSqgIFQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ 49 The situation is like that in the Chesterfieldian (or is it perhaps actually Chestertonian?) definition of a gentleman: "One who is never rude by accident." See also en Chesterfieldian en eponyms