Definition of galileans:
(adj) :
Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.
(n) :
A native or resident of Galilee.
(n) :
(by extension, sometimes derogatory) A Christian.
(n) :
Jesus Christ.
(adj) :
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei.
(n) :
(historical) A zealous follower of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans, and whose violence contributed to induce the latter to vow the extermination of the whole race.