2. One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the
works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Baconian method}, the inductive method. See {Induction}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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