Thracian
/ˈθreɪʃ(ə)n/adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the ancient country of Thrace or its people: the patriarchal structure of Thracian society...
- Apollo, having watched all this, rouses a Trojan, who begins to defend the Thracian camp.
- Through its Thracian heritage, Bulgaria lays claim to being the birthplace of wine-making.
- At the museum in the old (c.1800) house in Peshtera we were shown two Thracian sarcophagi dating back 5,000 years.
noun
A native or inhabitant of the ancient country of Thrace: he was dragged into the circus to fight against a Thracian...
- Some consider that the leader and military commander Spartacus was a Thracian.
- In ancient times, the Thracians shaped the granite rock into building blocks at the quarry.
- The Thracians, who are the first inhabitants of what is today Bulgaria, were known to have had numerous sheep flocks.
