Sassanid

noun

Sas·​sa·​nid sə-ˈsä-nəd 

-ˈsa-;

ˈsa-sə-nəd

variants or Sasanid

: a member of a dynasty of Persian kings of the third to seventh centuries

Sassanid adjective

or Sasanid

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Sassanidae Sassanids, from Sassan, founder of the dynasty

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above