Ty̆r'i-an1, n.
n. [Lat. Tyrius. See infra.] (Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tyre.
2 entries under this word
Tyrian
Tȳr'i-an2, a.
a. [Lat. Tyrius, Gr. Τύριος, from Lat. Tyrus, Gr. Τύρος, Heb. Zōr, Tyre, from zūr, stone, rock.]
Sense 1. (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tyre or its people.
Sense 2. Being of a purple color, like the dye called Tyrian purple.
Tyrian purple or dye, a celebrated purple dye formerly prepared at Tyre from certain shell-fish.