Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bedouin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, n. [F. b['e]douin, OF. b['e]duin, fr. Ar.
bedaw[=i] rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr.
bad[=a] to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.]
One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered
over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.
-- {Bed"ou*in*ism}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, a.
Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Bedouin
n : a member of the a nomadic tribe of Arabs [syn: {Bedouin}, {Beduin}]
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