Memphians

Noun

Memphian (plural Memphians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
   • One, in few howers, a fearfull ſlaughter made / Of all the Firſt-born that the Memphians had; […]1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His First Week, or Birth of the World: […].] The First Daie of the First Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and...

   Synonyms:

   Memphite

2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
   • A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls, the first of whom was Ruth Welting in the same kind of innocent cotton dress a girl might wear to a dancer at home.1977 August 8, Henry Mitchell, “The Night Of the Memphis Sopranos”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2024

   Synonyms:

   Memphibian

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