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zoroastrian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zoroastrian has 1 sense
- zoroastrian(n = noun.person) Array - follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism; Array is a kind of adherent, disciple
Derived form adjective zoroastrian1
Adjective zoroastrian has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
zoroastrian, a.
Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system. [1913 Webster]
zoroastrian, n.
A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zoroastrian, adj. & n. (also Zarathustrian)
--adj. of or relating to Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) or the dualistic religious system taught by him or his followers in the Zend-Avesta, based on the concept of a conflict between a spirit of light and good and a spirit of darkness and evil.
--n. a follower of Zoroaster.
--adj. of or relating to Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) or the dualistic religious system taught by him or his followers in the Zend-Avesta, based on the concept of a conflict between a spirit of light and good and a spirit of darkness and evil.
--n. a follower of Zoroaster.
Derivative
Zoroastrianism n.
Etymology
L Zoroastres f. Gk Zoroastres f. Avestan Zarathustra, Persian founder of the religion in the 6th c. BC
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