"Seres" meaning in English

See Seres in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Sērēs}} Latin Sērēs, {{der|en|grc|Σῆρες|t=the North Chinese; North China}} Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), {{der|en|och|絲||silk|tr=*sə}} Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Seres
  1. (historical or archaic, uncountable, collective) Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China. Tags: archaic, collective, historical, uncountable Synonyms: Chinese or Northern Chinese [synonym, synonym-of], chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: Serica, Serican Coordinate_terms: Sinae [Chinese, Southern]
    Sense id: en-Seres-en-name-1PyDd-QW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Old Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 5 21 23 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Seres
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Seres-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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