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saracen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun saracen has 3 senses
- saracen(n = noun.person) - (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire; is a kind of nomad
- saracen(n = noun.person) - (when used broadly) any Arab; is a kind of arab, arabian
- saracen(n = noun.person) - (historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades; is a kind of moslem, muslim
CIDE DICTIONARY
saracen, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqiīn, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco.].
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
saracen, n. & adj. hist.
--n.
1 an Arab or Muslim at the time of the Crusades.
2 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert.
--adj. of the Saracens.
--n.
1 an Arab or Muslim at the time of the Crusades.
2 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert.
--adj. of the Saracens.
Idiom
Saracen corn Brit. archaic buckwheat. Saracen's head the head of a Saracen or Turk as a heraldic charge or inn-sign.
Derivative
Saracenic adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF sar(r)azin, sar(r)acin f. LL Saracenus f. late Gk Sarakenos perh. f. Arab. sarki eastern
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