Alascan

noun

Alas·​can ə-ˈla-skən 

plural -s

: a foreign Protestant in England during the reign of Edward VI

Word History

Etymology

Johannes a Lasco (Jan Laski) †1560 Polish religious reformer in charge of foreign Protestants in London (about 1550) + English -an

First Known Use

circa 1874, in the meaning defined above

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