Mede prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia. “according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not” --Daniel 6: 8.
Mede, n. See 1st & 2d Mead, and Meed. [Obs.]
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Mede
(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In
Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of
Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name,
and denotes simply the Medes as descended from Japheth.