theban

1. 1.

   an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes

   BroaderEgyptian

   Part ofThebes
2. 2.

   a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes

   BroaderGreek

   Part ofThebes

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture
2. 2.

   of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture

Other forms of theban

plural

thebans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about theban

What does theban mean?

theban means "an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in theban?

theban has 2 syllables: the-ban. The stress falls on "the".

Is theban a common word?

theban is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.