Sassanʹides (4 syl.)
.The first Persian dynasty of the historic period; so named because Ardʹeshir, the founder, was son of Sassan, a lineal descendant of Xerxes.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.