Mede

American  

[meed] / mid /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Media.

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Mede British  

/ miːd /

noun

1. a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established an empire in SW Asia in the 7th and 6th centuries _bc

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Other Word Forms

• Median
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Mede

1350–1400; Middle English Medis (plural), Old English Mēdas < Latin Mēdī < Greek Mêdoi (plural), Mêdos (singular) < Old Persian Māda

Example Sentences

The contest will be hosted by actor Malin Åkerman and presenter and comedian Petra Mede, who was also at the helm in 2013 and 2016.

From BBC • May 3, 2024

General view of the Total oil refinery at La Mede near Marseille, southern France, July 2, 2015.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2022

Bettina Wachter, a single parent in Valley Mede, said many students in her neighborhood walk to school.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019

Would he call someone a “degenerate libertine”? Reference Darius the Mede?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2017

He calls together the mountain rulers; makes friends with Tigranes, an Armenian prince, a vassal p. 109of the Mede, who has his wrongs likewise to avenge. 

From Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 by Kingsley, Charles