Egyptian

[ih-jip-shuh n] /ɪˈdʒɪp ʃən/
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Egypt or its people:
Egyptian architecture.
2.
Obsolete. of or pertaining to the Gypsies.
noun
3.
a native or inhabitant of Egypt.
4.
the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians.
Abbreviation: Egypt.
5.
a printing type having square serifs.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English (see Egypt, -ian); replacing Egiptish, Old English Egiptisc, equivalent to Egipt- + -isc -ish1
Related forms
Egyptianism, Egypticity
[ee-jip-tis-i-tee] /ˌi dʒɪpˈtɪs ɪ ti/ (Show IPA), noun
non-Egyptian, adjective, noun
pro-Egyptian, adjective, noun
pseudo-Egyptian, adjective, noun
trans-Egyptian, adjective
Examples from the web for Egyptian
  • The stories of him follow that he once killed an eight foot tall Egyptian.
British Dictionary definitions for Egyptian

Egyptian

/ɪˈdʒɪpʃən/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic
2.
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture
3.
(of type) having square slab serifs
4.
(archaic) of or relating to the Gypsies
noun
5.
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
6.
a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc
7.
the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad See also Coptic
8.
a large size of drawing paper
9.
an archaic name for a Gypsy
Word Origin and History for Egyptian

late 14c., Egypcyan; see Egypt + -ian.