Achaean: Meaning and Definition of

A•chae•an

1. of or pertaining to Achaea or the Achaeans.
2. (in the Iliad) Greek.

1. an inhabitant of Achaea.
2. a Greek, esp. a member of the Achaean League.
3. a member of one of the four main divisions of prehistoric Greeks, believed to have occupied the Peloponnesus and to have produced the Mycenaean culture. Cf. Aeolian (def. 2),(def. 2),(def. 3).