a. and sb. arch. [ad. L. Asiānus, a. Gr. Ἀσιᾱνός, f. Ἀσία.] = ASIATIC.
a. 1563. Bale, Sel. Wks. (1849), 293. Laodicea, a notable city of the Asians.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 75. African Camels are much more worth then the Asian.
1684. trans. Corn. Nepos, 159. The Asians were much stronger in horse.
1864. Neale, Seaton. Poems, 76. To upraise Their Asian flag on Europe’s western shores.
