ˌp(y)u̇rəˈsäd.ē noun
or pu·le·sa·ti ˌp(y)ülə-
( plural purasati or pulesati )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Egyptian prst
: a Mediterranean people wearing a distinctive armor and feather crest believed to have been refugees from Crete migrating to Palestine and there becoming the Philistines