Hyksos noun & adjective. ['hɪksɒs] E17.
[Greek Huksōs from Egyptian heqa khoswe foreign rulers.]
A. noun pl. A nomadic people of mixed Semitic and Asian descent who invaded Egypt in the 18th cent. BC and ruled it until the 16th cent. BC. E17.
b. adjective. Designating, of, or pertaining to the Hyksos. L19.

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