Egyptian
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AdjectiveEdit
Egyptian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
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of, from, or pertaining to Egypt
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of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians
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NounEdit
Egyptian (plural Egyptians)
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- (dated) 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.
- 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):
- I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
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person from Egypt
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Proper nounEdit
Egyptian
- The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
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language
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