TYRIAN

tyrian. Tyrian, n. a native of Tyre

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Tyr″i‐an (?), a. [[L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. �.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
2. 2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye. Pope. Tyrian purple, or Tyrian dye, a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under Purple, n., 1, and Purple of mollusca, under Purple, n.