Variant: or Has · mo · ne · an
Pronunciation: ˌ haz-m ə - ' n ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin Asmonaeus Hasmon, ancestor of the Maccabees, from Greek Asam ō naios
Date: 1620
: a member of the Maccabees
– Hasmonaean or Hasmonean adjective