Hasmonaean
Has·mo·nae·an
noun \ˌhaz-mə-ˈnē-ən\Definition of HASMONAEAN
: a member of the Maccabees
— Hasmonaean or Hasmonean adjective
Variants of HASMONAEAN
Has·mo·nae·an or Has·mo·ne·an \ˌhaz-mə-ˈnē-ən\
Origin of HASMONAEAN
Late Latin Asmonaeus Hasmon, ancestor of the Maccabees, from Greek Asamōnaios
First Known Use: 1620
Rhymes with HASMONAEAN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
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