Saoshyant
noun
Sao·shyant
\ˈsau̇shyənt\
Definition of Saoshyant
-s
: one of three deliverers of later Zoroastrian eschatology appearing at thousand year intervals and each inaugurating a new order of things and a special period of human progress
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Origin and Etymology of saoshyant
Avestan, savior
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