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Parsee Definition

Par·see (pär′sē, pär sē′)

noun

a member of a Zoroastrian religious sect in India descended from a group of Persian refugees who fled from the Muslim persecutions of the 7th and 8th cent.

Etymology: Pers Pārsī, a Persian < Pārs, Persia

Parsee Related Forms
Par′·see·ism′ noun or Par′·si·ism′
Parsee Quotes

There lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour.

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

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