Definition of Beduin

1. Noun. A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs.

Exact synonyms: Bedouin
Generic synonyms: Arab, Arabian, Nomad

Definition of Beduin

1. n. See Bedouin.

Definition of Beduin

1. bedouin [n -S] - See also: bedouin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beduin

Becquerel rays
Bed-Stuy
Beda
Bedford
Bedford cord
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire clanger
Bedfordshire clangers
Bedlington Terrier
Bedlington terrier
Bedloe's Island
Bednar's aphthae
Bednar tumour
Bedrich Smetana
Bedrock
Beduin (current term)
Bedwardite
Bedwardites
Bee
Beeb
Beebs
Beecher
Beechtree
Beefeater
Beefeaters
Beehive
Beehive State
Beehives
Beelzebub

Literary usage of Beduin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. With the Beduins: A Narrative of Journeys and Adventures in Unfrequented by Gray Hill (1891)
"Soon a Beduin joined us carrying a long spear. He was evidently a friend of the soldier, for on coming up to us he dismounted, and, tying his mare's ..."

2. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1915)
"they had lived, for decades and centuries, as typical nomads, practically the same life that the Beduin in the vast, unchangeable desert ..."

3. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1915)
"The needs of the Beduin might, then and now, be reduced to three; first, ... In common with most primitive peoples, the Beduin feels that he himself can not ..."

4. Sea Nile, the Desert, and Nigritia: Travels in Company with Captain Peel, R by Joseph H. Churi (1853)
"When the ennobled Beduin arrived there a poet and musician named ... Thou," said he, " art the daughter of a Beduin; but so handsome that the ..."

5. Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law by Society of Comparative Legislation, London (1906)
"A Commission for Beduin affairs, composed of representatives of the local authorities and of Beduin chiefs is to be instituted in every province. ..."

6. The Ancient Hebrew Tradition as Illustrated by the Monuments: A Protest by Fritz Hommel (1897)
"Max Miiller, Asien unit Europa); the Egyptian Sute = Beduin, Asiatics, is, ... 51) seti, in spite of its application to the Beduin of Palestine, ..."

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