Definition of marcian:
(n) :
(Ancient Rome) Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457, born 392.
(n) :
A saint born in Cyrus who became an anchorite in Chalcis and died in 388.
(n) :
(Ancient Greece) A minor fourth century Greek geographer from Heraclea (an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia).
(n) :
(Ancient Rome) Son of Anthemius, grandson of the Emperor Marcian, who led an unsuccessful rebellion in 479.
(adj) :
(obsolete) Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.