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BEDUIN

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Overview

BEDUIN (noun)
  The noun BEDUIN has 1 sense:

1. a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabsplay

  Familiarity information: BEDUIN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BEDUIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bedouin; Beduin

Hypernyms ("Beduin" is a kind of...):

Arab; Arabian (a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa)

nomad (a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons)


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