basilean

See also: Basilean

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek βασιλε(ύς) (basile(ús), “king”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives and derived substantives); compare basileolatry

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bəsĭʹlĭən, IPA^(key): /bəˈsɪlɪən/

Noun

basilean (plural basileans)

1. (obsolete, rare) A royalist; a partisan of a king.

Translations

partisan of a king — see royalist

References

• “† Basilean” listed on page 690 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]
    † Basilean. Obs. rare^— 1. [f. Gr. βασιλε-ύς king + -an.] A Royalist. [¶] c 1645 Howell Lett. iv. (1726) 23 (D.) If any intemperate Basilean take exceptions thereat.
• “†basilean” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

• Abelians, banalise