[syn: Aramean, Aramaean]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aramaean \Ar`a*m[ae]an\, Aramean \Ar`a*me"an\, a. [L. Aramaeus,
Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Ar[=a]m, i. e. Highland, a name given to
Syria and Mesopotamia.]
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their
language; Aramaic. -- n. A native of Aram.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aramaean
adj 1: of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their
culture or their language [syn: Aramean, Aramaean]
n 1: a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting
Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th
century BC [syn: Aramean, Aramaean]