Chaldean
[kæl'di:ən]
Definition
(noun.) an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea.
(noun.) a wise man skilled in occult learning.
(adj.) of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture .
Checker: Rudolph--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
(n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
(n.) Nestorian.
Editor: Martin
Examples
- Macedonia does, indeed, arise in the background of this incurably divided Greece as the Medes and Persians arose behind the Chaldean Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was so used by the Assyrians and by the Chaldeans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Medes and Persians formed an alliance with the nomadic Semitic Chaldeans of the south for the joint undoing of Assyria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At some unknown date the Chaldeans drifted in from Eastern Arabia and settled in the old southern Sumerian lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Margie