Cyprian

Cyp·ri·an  (spr-n)

adj.

1. Of or relating to Cyprus; Cypriot.

2.

a. Of or relating to the ancient worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus.

b. Licentious; wanton.

n.

1. See Cypriot.

2. also cyprian

a. A wanton person.

b. A prostitute.

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Cyprian, Saint Died a.d. 258.

Christian prelate and martyr who led Christians in North Africa during persecution by the Roman emperors Decius and Valerian.

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Cyprian [ˈsɪprɪən]

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Cyprus

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of or resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus

n

(often not capital) Obsolete a licentious person, esp a prostitute or dancer

n & adj

(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) another word for Cypriot

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Cyprian²

n

(Biographies / Cyprian, Saint (?200-258) M, Carthaginian, RELIGION: clergyman, RELIGION: martyr, RELIGION: saint) Saint. ?200-258 ad, bishop of Carthage and martyr. Feast day: Sept. 26 or 16

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cyprian - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money bawd, cocotte, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl 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; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" demimondaine - a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, floozie, floozy, hooker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets white slave - a woman sold into prostitution adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	Cyprian - a native or inhabitant of Cyprus     Cypriot, Cypriote Cyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
Adj.	1.	Cyprian - of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture; "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries" Cypriot, Cypriote
	2.	cyprian - resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus unchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct"