Rian
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The suffix -rian is used to signify a purveyor of goods. A rian acts as an honest broker in their market, working closely as a middle man between a monger and the consumer.
Types of rian include:
- Librarian - a purveyor of books, who purchases them from a bookmaker
- Hungarian - a purveyor of foodstuffs
- Sectarian - a purveyor of dried fruit and other delicacies
- Equestrian - a purveyor of online "point and click" adventure games
- Pedestrian - a purveyor of children
The best known rian was 13th Century nobless Maid Marian, who purchased prostitutes from a Nottingham whoremonger and sold them on for profit.
