I. mə̇ˈlēzhən, (ˈ)mī|l-, -ēshən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin milesi us Milesian (from Greek milēsios, from Milētus Miletus) + English -an
1. : of or belonging to the ancient city of Miletus, Asia Minor, or to its residents
2. : belonging or relating to a Milesian school of nature philosophers of the 6th century B.C. who were mainly concerned with the basal stuff of which the world is made — compare anaximandrian , thalesian
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a native or resident of ancient Miletus
2. : a member of the Milesian school
III. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Milesius ( Miledh ), mythical Spanish king whose followers are supposed to have conquered Ireland about 1300 B.C. and are regarded as the ancestors of most of the Irish + English -an
: belonging or relating to the legendary earliest Celts of Ireland ; broadly : irish
the banshee haunts only members of the high Milesian race — Padraic Colum
IV. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: one of a legendary early Celtic people of Ireland said to have come from Spain ; broadly : irishman
a true Milesian, pious Catholic, and descendant of King Somebody — Anthony Trollope