Aramean adj 1: of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language [syn: {Aramean}, {Aramaean}] n 1: a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC [syn: {Aramean}, {Aramaean}]
Aramaean \Ar`a*m[ae]an\, Aramean \Ar`a*me"an\, a. [L. Aramaeus, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Ar[=a]m, i. e. Highland, a name given to Syria and Mesopotamia.] Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n. A native of Aram. [1913 Webster]