eleutherian
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of Eleutheran: of or relating to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, especially to the original settlers of the island.
noun
Alternative form of Eleutheran: one of the original settlers of Eleuthera, who settled prior to the American Revolution.
adj
Of or relating to the Eleutheria, an ancient Greek festival held at Plataea in honor of Zeus Eleutherius.
name
Synonym of Eleutherius, epithet of Zeus/Jupiter.
name
Of or relating to Eleutherius, the official who built the eponymous harbour in Constantinople during the reign Constantine the Great; the neighbourhood of this harbour was later called "Eleutherian", as was the palace built by Empress Irene in this neighbourhood.
adj
Of or relating to Dionysus Eleuthereus, of whose sanctuary the south slope of the Acropolis was originally a part; the said sanctuary included a temple containing his xoanon.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Eleutherae, an ancient city and fortress between Attica and Boeotia.
Example Sentences
- "Your Eleutherian son is very valuable to us & will daily become more so."
- "A naturalist would never weary in the Eleutherian scene."
- "Eleutherian settlers give Harvard ten tons of braziletto wood."
- "Spanish warships burned the original Eleutherian villages to the ground in 1684, but by that time scattered settlements had appeared all along Eleuthera's coastline and neighboring cays."
- "I've been familiar with the story of the Eleutherian Adventurers for several decades, since high school in Nassau, where our history teacher told us that we could be descended from these people—and some of us were."
- "The New Englanders generously sent supplies, and the Eleutherians thanked them by returning the ship loaded with hardwood."