Purasati

noun

Pu·​ra·​sa·​ti

ˌp(y)u̇rəˈsätē

variants or Pulesati

ˌp(y)ülə-

plural Purasati or Pulesati

: a Mediterranean people wearing a distinctive armor and feather crest believed to have been refugees from Crete migrating to ancient Palestine and there becoming the Philistines

Word History

Etymology

Egyptian prst

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