Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hyksos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyksos \Hyk"sos\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the
Bedouins, shepherds.]
A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the {Shepherd
kings}, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of
Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and
XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is
merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total
period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100
years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.
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