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Parsee
(Par¦see)
Pronunciation:
/pɑːˈsiː, ˈpɑːsiː/
noun
an adherent of Zoroastrianism, especially a descendant of those Zoroastrians who fled to India from Muslim persecution in Persia during the 7th-8th centuries.
Origin:
from Persian
pārsī
'Persian', from
pārs
'Persia'
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