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Arab1 definition

Arab (ar′əb, er′-)

noun

  1. a person born or living in Arabia
  2. a member of a Semitic people originating in Arabia but now widely scattered throughout surrounding lands
  3. a member of a people whose native language is Arabic
  4. any of a breed of swift, graceful horses native to Arabia
  5. a waif left to roam the streets; street Arab

adjective

Arabian

Etymology: ME Arabes (pl.) < L Arabes, Arabs, an Arab < Gr Araps, pl. Arabes < Ar ʼarab

Arab2 definition

Arab

  1. Arabian
  2. Arabic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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