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Mi·le·sian [ mī l'n, mī lsh'n ] (plural Mi·le·sians)


noun 
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legendary Spanish invader of Ireland: in Irish legend, a member of a group of people from a royal Spanish family who invaded Ireland about 1300 bc and became the ancestors of the modern Irish

[Late 16th century. After Milesius, the legendary head of the family]
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