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Parsee

Syllabification: (Par·see)

(also Parsi)
Definition of Parsee

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'

Parsee in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Parsee in the British & World English dictionary