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Ramesside

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.

noun

Any of these eleven pharaohs.

Word forms

Ramesside more Ramesside most Ramesside Ramessid Ramessides

Etymology

From French Ramesside, from Ramsès (“Ramesses”) + -ide (“-id: forming dynastic names”). Doublet of Ramessid.

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