Egyptian
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Ægyptian (archaic)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Egyptian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Translations[edit]
of, from, or pertaining to Egypt
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of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians
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Noun[edit]
Egyptian (plural Egyptians)
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- (obsolete) A gypsy.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
- The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person from Egypt
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Proper noun[edit]
Egyptian
- The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
Translations[edit]
language
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