Mendesian

English

Adjective

Mendesian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "His father was one of the Greek mercenaries raised by Hak-Hor, a Mendesian Pharaoh of the twenty-ninth dynasty, and his grandfather or great-grandfather, I believe, was that very Kallikrates mentioned by Herodotus."

Noun

Mendesian (plural Mendesians)

1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of the Mendes region of Egypt.