单词 | paralian |
释义 | Paraliann. Now rare. A person who lives by the sea; spec. (in ancient Greece) a member of a people living on the coast near Athens in the 6th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea coast-man1580 maritimea1600 sea-borderer1599 sea-boarder1611 coaster1612 shoreman1650 Paralian1724 Orarian1869 bayman1904 cover1905 1724 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 66. ¶6 The Paralians (or those who liv'd by the Water-side). 1851 H. White Hist. World 59 The rich inhabitants of the plains, or Pedians, desired an aristocracy; while the Paralians, who dwelt along the shores, favoured a mixed government. 1897 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 8 9 The father of Cleisthenes, Megacles, leader of the Paralians, it is true, favored a moderate or mixed form of government. 1926 A. Jardé Formation of Greek People 158 These three groups—Pediæans, Diacrians, and Paralians—appear in the VIth century as political parties, but at first they are groupings of the population distributed geographically, and indebted to this localization for their way of life. 1996 G. J. Szemler et al. Thermopylai iv. 26 Based on their descriptive name, we may rightly assume that the Paralians lived on the narrow coastal plain and the lower slopes of the Oite and Kallidhromos mountain ranges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724 |
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