basilean

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See also: Basilean

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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

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