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CYPRIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyprian mean?
• CYPRIAN (noun)
The noun CYPRIAN has 2 senses:
1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
2. a native or inhabitant of Cyprus
Familiarity information: CYPRIAN used as a noun is rare.
• CYPRIAN (adjective)
The adjective CYPRIAN has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture
2. resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
Familiarity information: CYPRIAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl
Hypernyms ("cyprian" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyprian"):
call girl (a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone)
camp follower (a prostitute who provides service to military personnel)
comfort woman; ianfu (a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II)
demimondaine (a female prostitute)
floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker (a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)
white slave (a woman sold into prostitution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Cyprus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Cyprian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Cyprian" is a member of...):
Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)
Derivation:
Cyprian (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Context example:
Cypriote monasteries
Pertainym:
Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)
Derivation:
Cyprian (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)
Cyprus (a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
Similar:
unchaste (not chaste)
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