Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chaldean"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaldean \Chal*de"an\, a. [L. Chaldaeus.]
Of or pertaining to Chaldea. -- n.
(a) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
(b) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the
Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts
were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
(c) Nestorian.
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