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Webster 1913 Edition

Asian

A′sian

,

Adj.

[L.

Asianus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK], L.

Asia

.]

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

“Asian princes.”

Jer. Taylor.

–

Noun.

An Asiatic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Asian

A'SIAN

,

Adj.

[from Asia, a name originally given to Asia Minor or some part of it; perhaps from the Asses, Ases or Osses, about Mount Taurus.

Pertaining to Asia.