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Meaning of CYRENIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cy*re"ni*an\ (s?-r?"n?-a]/>n), a.
    Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.
    
  2. \Cy*re"ni*an\, n.
    1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.
    2. One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by
       Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were
       nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.
    
 
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