: of or belonging to the ancient city of Miletus, Asia Minor, or to its residents
2
: belonging or relating to a Milesian school of nature philosophers of the 6th century b.c. who were mainly concerned with the basal stuff of which the world is made compare anaximandrian , thalesian
: one of a legendary early Celtic people of Ireland said to have come from Spain
broadly: irishman
a true Milesian, pious Catholic, and descendant of King Somebody Anthony Trollope
Word History
Etymology
Adjective (1)
Latin milesius Milesian (from Greek milēsios, from Milētus Miletus) + English -an
Adjective (2)
Milesius (Miledh), mythical Spanish king whose followers are supposed to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b.c. and are regarded as the ancestors of most of the Irish + English -an