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countable and uncountable, plural Persians
(uncountable) The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. examples
(countable) A person from Persia. examples
(countable) A person of Persian descent. examples
(historical) An Iranian.
A Persian cat. examples
(Canada, chiefly northwest Ontario) A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing. examples
A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed. examples
A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings. quotations examples
There is of those Persians several lengths.
1696, J. F. Merchant?, The merchant's ware-house laid open
(architecture) Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature. examples
comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian
Of, from, or pertaining to Persia. examples
Of or pertaining to the Persian people. examples
Of or pertaining to the Persian language. examples
Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer) quotations examples
...as it seems from an Ovidian or Persian standpoint and also, perhaps, from the comic standpoints of Plautus or Caecilius...
1998, Stephen Hinds, Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry