\Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
         The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye.
                                               --Pope.
{Tyrian purple}, or {Tyrian dye}, a celebrated purple dye
   prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially
   Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under {Purple},
   n., 1, and {Purple of mollusca}, under {Purple}, n.

\Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.]
A native of Tyre.