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CYPRIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus

Synonyms:

Cyprian; Cypriot; Cypriote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cyprian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Cyprian" is a member of...):

Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)

Derivation:

Cyprian (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

Synonyms:

bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cyprian" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyprian"):

call girl (a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone)

camp follower (a prostitute who provides service to military personnel)

comfort woman; ianfu (a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II)

demimondaine (a female prostitute)

floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker (a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)

white slave (a woman sold into prostitution)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unchaste (not chaste)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture

Example:

Cypriote monasteries

Synonyms:

Cyprian; Cypriot; Cypriote

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Cyprus (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)

Derivation:

Cyprian (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)

Cyprus (a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin)

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