Citations:Ægyptian

Adjective: antiquated spelling of Egyptian

 * 1768, Thomas Harmer, The Outlines of a New Commentary on Solomon’s Song; part I, remark VI, page #29:
 * A Nurſe may very well be imagined to have attended her into Judæa, as Rebekah’s Nurſe went with her Foſter‐Child, from Padan‐Aram into Canaan ; or ſome ancient Ægyptian Lady, of very high quality, may very naturally be ſuppoſed to have lived with a Daughter of Pharaoh in the houſe of Solomon ; but not a Wife of that Prince.  Very true ! But if it ſhould be found that thoſe paſſages, which ſpeak of a Mother’s dwelling within the Precincts of the Palace of Solomon, relate to another Wife of his, and not to his Ægyptian Bride, the Difficulty vaniſhes

Noun: antiquated spelling of Egyptian

 * 1745, William Allen, Killing no Murder, in The Harleian Miscellany; Volume IV, page #286:
 * Firſt, As to the Caſe of Moſes and the Ægyptian : Certainly, every Engliſhman hath as much Call as Moſes, and more Cauſe than he, to ſlay this Ægyptian, that is always laying on Burthens, and always ſmiting both our Brethren and ourſelves : For, as to his Call, he had no other that we read of, but the Neceſſity his Brother ſtood in of his Help. He looked on his Brethren’s Burdens, and ſeeing an Ægyptian ſmiting an Hebrew, and knowing he was out of the Reach of all other kind of Juſtice, he ſlew him.