Associations to the word «Thracian»

Wiktionary

THRACIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Thrace or the Thracians or the extinct Thracian language.
THRACIAN, noun. (countable) An inhabitant of Thrace, regardless of ethnicity.
THRACIAN, noun. (countable) A member of a group of tribes who spoke the language Thracian. (See Wikipedia's article on the Thracians.)
THRACIAN, proper noun. (uncountable) the extinct language formerly spoken in Thrace.

Dictionary definition

THRACIAN, noun. An inhabitant of ancient Thrace.
THRACIAN, noun. A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages.
THRACIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats