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Paphians

Paphians is the plural of Paphian.

Meaning of Paphian

Noun

Paphian (plural Paphians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
    • Then there is the mastus. Apollodorus the Cyrenæan, as Pamphilus says, states that this is a name given to drinking-cups by the Paphians.1854, Athenaeus of Naucratis, translated by Charles Duke Yonge, The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned, volume II, page 777
  2. (literary) A prostitute.
    • They reach'd the hotel: forth stream'd from the front door / A tide of well-clad waiters, and around / The mob stood, and as usual several score / Of those pedestrian Paphians who abound / In decent London when the daylight's o'er; / Commodious but immoral, they are found / Useful, like Malthus, in...1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto the Eleventh, XXX

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Questions about Paphians

What is Paphians the plural of?
Paphians is the plural of Paphian.

Words near Paphians in the dictionary

  1. papesses
  2. papeterie
  3. papeteries
  4. papgeld
  5. Paphian
  6. Paphians
  7. paphiopedilum
  8. paphiopedilums
  9. Paphlagonia
  10. Paphlagonian
  11. Paphlagonians

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