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Aissor

Aissor noun: a member of a certain group of people of Chaldean descent inhabiting the Caucasus.

Noun

Aissor (plural Aissors)

  1. A member of a certain group of people of Chaldean descent inhabiting the Caucasus.
    • William Shedd, armed with a Bible and an umbrella, who kept the Kurds from being massacred by the Aissors in 1917.1971, LIFE, volume 70, number 3, page 13
    • In the trousers-and-jacket we evidently have a garment of great antiquity, the origin of which I have not yet succeeded in tracing. It is found not only among the Surai but also among certain sections of the Armenians and among the Aissors of the Caucasus.1993, Erich Brauer, Raphael Patai, The Jews of Kurdistan, page 84

Forms of Aissor

pluralAissors

Questions about Aissor

What does Aissor mean?
Aissor means a member of a certain group of people of Chaldean descent inhabiting the Caucasus.
What part of speech is Aissor?
Aissor is a noun.
What is the plural of Aissor?
The plural of Aissor is Aissors.

Words near Aissor in the dictionary

  1. Aispuro
  2. Aispuros
  3. AISs
  4. Aissaoua
  5. Aissawa
  6. Aissor
  7. Aissors
  8. Aisthorpe
  9. aistopod
  10. aistopods
  11. Aisy-sur-Armançon

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