Chestertonian

Chestertonian

English

Etymology

Chesterton +‎ -ian

Noun

Chestertonian (plural Chestertonians)

1. 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.

   • 2003, Jan Morris, The World: Travels 1950–2000 (W. W. Norton & Company) p. 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

Chestertonian (comparative more Chestertonian, superlative most Chestertonian)

1. Of or relating to G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), English writer and lay theologian.
   • 1993, New Scientist, volume 138, issues 1874–9, p. 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

• Chesterfieldian