bedouin

3 definitions found

bedouin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, n. [F. b['e]douin, OF. b['e]duin, fr. Ar.
     bedaw[imac] 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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Bedouin \Bed"ou*in\, a.
     Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.
     [1913 Webster]

bedouin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Bedouin
      n 1: a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs [syn: Bedouin,
           Beduin]