zoroastrian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Zo=ro=as=tri=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

zoroastrian, a. 

 Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.  [1913 Webster]

zoroastrian, n. 

 A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

zoroastrian, adj. & n. (also Zarathustrian)
--adj. of or relating to Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) or the dualistic religious system taught by him or his followers in the Zend-Avesta, based on the concept of a conflict between a spirit of light and good and a spirit of darkness and evil.
--n. a follower of Zoroaster.

Derivative

Zoroastrianism n.

Etymology

L Zoroastres f. Gk Zoroastres f. Avestan Zarathustra, Persian founder of the religion in the 6th c. BC