Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Parsees

or Ghebers. Fire-worshippers. We use the word for Persian refugees driven out of their country by the persecutions of the Mussulmans. They now inhabit various parts of India. (The word means People of Pars or Fars- i.e. Persia.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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