Tyrian

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A native of Tyre.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.

2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple. The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye. Pope. Tyrian purple, or Tyrian dye, a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under Purple, n., 1, and Purple of mollusca, under Purple, n.