Milesian
1 Americannoun
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any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
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(sometimes lowercase) an Irishman.
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of or relating to Miletus.
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Philosophy. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophers of the late 7th to early 5th centuries b.c., including Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, which was primarily concerned with the nature of matter and change.
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Etymology
Origin of Milesian1
1765–75; Milēsi ( us ) (Latinization of Irish Miled, legendary Spanish king) + -an
Origin of Milesian2
1540–50; < Latin Milēsius inhabitant of Miletus ( def. ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Thales and two of his students, Anaximander and Anaximenes, made up the monist Milesian school.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Mr. Glasper, who supervised the music in Don Cheadle’s brash, kinetic biopic, “Miles Ahead,” has studied Milesian music and attitude closely over the last several years.
From New York Times • May 25, 2016
And Aristophanes, in his Knights, speaks of the pike taken in the neighbourhood of Miletus as surpassingly good, when he speaks thus:— But you shall not disturb me thus Feasting on Milesian pike.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
In either case the temple of the Milesian Apollo would have been among the earliest buildings erected.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
And among the parasites these men are commemorated by name: Tithymallus, who is mentioned by Alexis in his Milesian Woman, and in his Ulysses the Weaver.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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