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Definition of Milesian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.
Definition of Milesian
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of (w Miletus) in Asia Minor. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. Pertaining to Miletus or its inhabitants. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milesian
1. pertaining to the native people of Ireland [adj]
Medical Definition of Milesian
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milesian
Literary usage of Milesian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Prose Fiction by John Colin Dunlop (1906)
"milesian Fables had found their way into Italy '*' even before they flourished
in Greece. They had been received with eagerness, and imitated by the ..."
2. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus (1921)
"All the stories say that the greatest king of those faraway times was the
twenty-first milesian king, known to fame as Ollam ..."
3. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1836)
"The earliest milesian settlement ... between 67S and 629, B. c., a new colony
seems to have been founded with better success by milesian exiles. ..."
4. The Story of Ireland: A Narrative If Irish History from the Earliest Ages to by Alexander Martin Sullivan (1892)
"HOW IRELAND FARED UNDER THE milesian DYNASTY. )T is unnecessary to follow through
their details the proceedings of the-milesian princes in the period ..."
5. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1899)
"THE milesian NATURE PHILOSOPHY \ 14. The principal centre for these ... 8 It is
evident that one need not limit the milesian philosophy to these three ..."
6. The Irish Quarterly Review (1853)
"REMINISCENCES OF A milesian. Reminiscences of an emigrant milesian. ...
Apparently regardless of literary reputation, the " Emigrant milesian" has here ..."
7. The History of Ireland: Commencing with Its Earliest Period, to the Great by Thomas Moore (1843)
"There ia also another of the grandsons of Nuad, named Simon Breac, who is made
to play a distinguished part in the Scotch version of our milesian story ..."
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