adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.
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Ashmolean
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name
Meaning 2
Clipping of Ashmolean Museum.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Qualifier: Oxford City
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History
Etymology
From Ashmole + -an, named after English antiquary, politician, astrologer and alchemist Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), whose gift of his cabinet of curiosities became the basis of Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.
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