Galilean

1. n. A Christian in general; — used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
2. a. Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.
3. a. Of or relating to Galilee.
4. n. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
5. n. One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; — called also Gaulonite.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.