an adherent of a monotheistic religion of Zoroastrian origin, the practitioners of which were driven out of Persia by the Muslims in the eighth century ad. It is now found chiefly in western India
adjective
2.
of or relating to the Parsees or their religion
Derived forms
Parseeism (ˈParseeˌism)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Persian Pārsī a Persian, from Old Persian PārsaPersia
Parsee in American English
(ˈpɑrsi; pɑrˈsi) or ˈParsi (ˈpɑrsi; pɑrˈsi)
noun
a member of a Zoroastrian religious sect in India descended from a group of Persian refugees who fled from the Muslim persecutions of the 7th and 8th cent.