The Collaborative International Dictionary
Milesian \Mi*le"sian\, a. [L. Milesius, Gr. ?.]
(Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
(Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.
Milesian \Mi*le"sian\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Miletus.
A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
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Usage examples of "milesian".
Then, if the Milesian leaders grow too arrogant, you might find use for a mischief-maker who could ingratiate himself into court after court and foment dissension, setting the Milesians against one another, until only the Fair Folk could resolve their disputes and restore order again.
The Milesian leaders came and satin the semicircle of hourglass-shaped chairs, richly carved of glossy dark wood, facing the dais and the gilded chairs in which sat the Fair Folk.
Council of Councils to meet, for if all the dukes were to assemble, it would be a great temptation for a Milesian boss to seek to assassinate them all.
Since Aspasia is a Milesian by birth, her son by Pericles can never be a citizen or hold office.
Darius knew anything at all about something so prosaic as the Milesian wool trade.
Histiaeus was captured and put to death by the idiot at Sardis, which made the Great King angry because he liked Histiaeus and never blamed him for any of the Milesian business.
She has a lovely speaking voice, sings Milesian songs with much delicacy, recites poetry better than anyone else I have ever heard.
His robe was simple, with barely an inch of purple embroidery along the border, but was of the finest-combed Milesian wool.
At dinner we were joined by Horace Eglantine and Bob Transit, from the first of whom we learned, that a grand fancy ball was to take place at the Argyll Rooms in the course of the ensuing week, under the immediate direction of four fashionable impures, and at the expense of General Trinket, a broad-shouldered Milesian, who having made a considerable sum by the commissariat service, had returned home to spend his Peninsular pennies among the Paphian dames of the metropolis.
The night was now fast wearing away, when Crony again directed our attention to the right-hand corner of the room, where, just under the orchestra, appeared the elder sister of the notorious Harriette Wilson seated, and in close conversation with the Milesian M.
Mark chewed gently on his lip, his brows drawn down in a momentarily downright Milesian expression of furious thought.
Keogh against the head of Cardinal Troy, shoot twenty of the most noisy blockheads of the Roman persuasion, wash his pug-dogs in holy water, and confiscate the salt butter of the Milesian republic to the last tub?
These are the sweet and interesting subjects which occasionally occupy Milesian gentlemen while they are attendant upon this grand inquest of justice.
As he opened the door, the Milesian features of Father McShane presented themselves, and from their centre proceeded the clerical benediction in Irish-sounding Latin, Pax vobiscum!
Milesian servant and Milesian lord fighting the same odds, sharing the same destiny.