Saracen
31Saracen — Saracenism, n. /sar euh seuhn/, n. 1. Hist. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire. 2. (in later use) an Arab. 3. a Muslim, esp. in the period of the Crusades. adj. 4. Also, Saracenic /sar euh sen ik/,… …
32Saracen — noun /ˈseɹʌˌsən,ˈsæɹəˌsən/ a) A group of nomadic people from the Sinai. b) An Arab or any Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades. See Also: sarsen, sarsen stone, Saracenic …
33Saracen — Sar|a|cen [ˈsærəsən] n old use [Date: 800 900; : Late Latin; Origin: Saracenus, from Late Greek Sarakenos] a Muslim used in the Middle Ages …
34Saracen — Sar|a|cen [ serəsn ] noun count a name given to Arabs and other Muslims by the Christians who fought against them in religious wars in the Middle Ages …
35Saracen — [13] The Saracens were etymologically ‘people of the sunrise’ – hence ‘easterners’. The word comes via Old French Saracin and late Latin saracēnus from Greek Sarakēnós, which was probably adapted from Arabic sharqī ‘eastern’. This was a… …
36Saracen — British Alvis armored personnel carrier …
37Saracen — Sar·a·cen || særÉ™sn n. nomadic tribe that lived on the Syrian border of the Roman Empire (History); Arab, member of a Semitic people of the Middle East and northern Africa; Moslem (esp. during the Crusades) …
38Saracen — [ sarəs(ə)n] noun 1》 an Arab or Muslim, especially at the time of the Crusades. 2》 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert at the time of the Roman Empire. Derivatives Saracenic adjective Origin ME, from OFr. sarrazin, via late L. from late Gk… …
39saracen — n. 1. Arabian, Arab. 2. Mussulman, Mahometan …
40Saracen — noun (C) old use a word for a Muslim, used in the Middle Ages …
