Hittite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hittite \Hit"tite\, n. [From Heb. Khitt[imac]m Hittites.]
     A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples)
     whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia
     Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have
     been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were
     often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in


     the north they developed a considerable civilization, of
     which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant.
     Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several
     attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters,
     little progress has yet been made.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hittite
       adj : of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or
             culture
       n 1: a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and
            northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
       2: the language of the Hittites and the principal language of
          the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from
          cuneiform inscriptions

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hittite, one who is broken; who fears