arab

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arab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a
     desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote
     the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi,
     arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. ?.]
     One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
     Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
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     Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
        particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.
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              The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
              shivering in damp doorways.           --Lond. Sat.
                                                    Rev.
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arab - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Arab
      n 1: 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
           [syn: Arab, Arabian]
      2: a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to
         Arabia [syn: Arabian, Arab]

arab - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Arab
  ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now
  Er-Rabiyeh.

arab - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Arab, AL (city, FIPS 2116)
    Location: 34.32964 N, 86.50013 W
    Population (1990): 6321 (2745 housing units)
    Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35016
  Arab, MO
    Zip code(s): 63733

arab - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Arab":
     Bedouin, Bohemian, Romany, Zigeuner, beach bum, beachcomber,
     beggar, bo, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, gypsy,
     hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel,
     mudlark, nomad, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder,
     ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner,
     surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp,
     turnpiker, tzigane, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif,
     waifs and strays, wastrel, zingaro