Meanings
adjectiveHebræan (comparative more Hebræan, superlative most Hebræan)
comparative more Hebræan · superlative most Hebræan
- archaicArchaic form of Hebrean.
His diction is, therefore, more firm and nervous, and, though not absolutely Hebræan, makes a nearer approach to the unadorned energy of Jewry.
1837, Robert Chambers, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, volume III, Blackie & Son, page 268
nounHebræan (plural Hebræans)
plural Hebræans
- archaicArchaic form of Hebrean.
He was easy and placid, with Dr. Adams, Mrs. and Miss Adams, and Mrs. Kennicot, widow of the learned Hebræan, who was here on a visit.
1791, James Boswell, Roger Ingpen, chapter XXI, in The Life of Samuel Johnson, Hutchinson & Co., page 421
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