Definition of "Chaldee"

Chaldee

adjective
1. Of or relating to Chaldea, the Chaldeans, or Chaldean culture.
noun
plural Chaldees
1. A Chaldean; a native of ancient Chaldea.
  Quotations
  'I stopped for one night to see Ur and the Chaldees and for three days in Baghdad with the A.O.C., who happens to be an old friend of mine.'
  1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 128
2. A wise individual involved in the occult.
proper noun
1. (dated) The Aramaic language, or Biblical Aramaic specifically.