Chal*de"an (?), a. [L. Chaldaeus.]
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
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n. (a)
A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
(b)
A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
(c)
Nestorian.
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