Tyrian
[tiriәn]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
(a.) Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
(n.) A native of Tyre.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Tyre: deep-purple like the dye formerly prepared at Tyre.—n. a native of Tyre.—Tyrian cynosure the constellation Ursa Minor a familiar guide to Tyrian mariners.
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Examples
- She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Caroline rent the Tyrian petals of the one brilliant flower in her bouquet, and answered in distinct tones, Decidedly he is. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Tyrians used fire-ships against this flotilla, and made sorties from their two harbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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