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Egyptian

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FromMiddle EnglishEgipcien,egyptiane.DisplacedOld EnglishEgyptisċ. Bysurface analysis,Egypt +‎-ian.

Detail on an Egyptian tomb: the tomb of Princess Idut at Saqqara.

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Egyptian (notcomparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining toEgypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

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of, from, or pertaining to Egypt
of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians
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Noun

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Egyptian (pluralEgyptians)

  1. A person fromEgypt or of Egyptiandescent.
  2. (dated) Agypsy.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page457:
      The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company ofEgyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
    • 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues",Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):
      I went to see theEgyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

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person from Egypt

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Egyptian

  1. TheAfroasiaticlanguage spoken (and written) inancient Egypt
    Synonym:Ancient Egyptian

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