CHALDAEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaldaean mean? 

• CHALDAEAN (noun)
  The noun CHALDAEAN has 2 senses:

1. a wise man skilled in occult learning

2. an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

  Familiarity information: CHALDAEAN used as a noun is rare.

• CHALDAEAN (adjective)
  The adjective CHALDAEAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: CHALDAEAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALDAEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wise man skilled in occult learning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chaldaean; Chaldean; Chaldee

Hypernyms ("Chaldaean" is a kind of...):

occultist (a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chaldaean; Chaldean; Chaldee

Hypernyms ("Chaldaean" is a kind of...):

Semite (a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa)

Derivation:

Chaldaean (of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture)

• CHALDAEAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Chaldaean; Chaldean; Chaldee

Pertainym:

Chaldea (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II)

Derivation:

Chaldaean (an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea)

Chaldea (an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king))

Chaldea (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II)