Egyptian
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
noun
(2) The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
(3) A native or inhabitant of Egypt
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Noun
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
Proper noun
- The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.