'Tyrian' definitions:
Definition of 'Tyrian'
From: GCIDE
- Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.] A native of Tyre. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tyrian'
From: GCIDE
- Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple. [1913 Webster]
- The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Tyrian purple, or Tyrian dye, a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under Purple, n., 1, and Purple of mollusca, under Purple, n. [1913 Webster]