Aissor

English Noun A member of a certain group of people of Chaldean descent inhabiting the Caucasus. en 1971 LIFE 70 3 13 William Shedd, armed with a Bible and an umbrella, who kept the Kurds from being massacred by the Aissors in 1917. en 1993 Erich Brauer; Raphael Patai The Jews of Kurdistan 84 In the trousers-and-jacket we evidently have a garment of great antiquity, the origin of which I have not yet succeeded in tracing. It is found not only among the Surai but also among certain sections of the Armenians and among the Aissors of the Caucasus.