mandaean(n = noun.person) mandean - a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah;
mandaean, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of a Gnostic sect surviving in Iraq and claiming descent from John the Baptist.
2 the language of this sect.
--adj. of or concerning the Mandaeans or their language.