Sassanidae

Variant of Sassanid

Sassanid definition

Sas·sa·nid (sas′ə nid)

noun pl. Sassanids Sas′·sa·nids or Sassanidae Sas′·san·i·dae (sa san′ə dē′)

a member of the last dynasty of native rulers in Persia ( 224-641)
also Sassanian Sas·sa′·nian or Sasanian Sa·sa′·ni·an (-sā′nē ən)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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