tironian

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tironian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tironian \Ti*ro"ni*an\, a. [L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned
     freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
     Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to
     have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
     [1913 Webster]