Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
   1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.

   2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.

            The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye.
                                                  --Pope.

   {Tyrian purple}, or {Tyrian dye}, a celebrated purple dye
      prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially
      Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under {Purple},
      n., 1, and {Purple of mollusca}, under {Purple}, n.