Saracen

  • 41Saracen — A Bedouin tribe from Sinai, the term was more generally applied to Arabs and Muslims during the Crusades …

    Medieval glossary

  • 42saracen — sar·a·cen …

    English syllables

  • 43Saracen — Sar•a•cen [[t]ˈsær ə sən[/t]] n. why+peo any of the Muslim opponents of the Crusaders in the Middle Ages • Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE < ML Saracēnus < LGk Sarakēnós Arab Sar a•cen′ic ˈsɛn ɪk adj …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44Saracen — /ˈsærəsən/ (say saruhsuhn) noun 1. (among the later Romans and Greeks) a member of the nomadic peoples on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire. 2. (in later use) an Arab. 3. any Muslim or Mohammedan, especially with reference to the Crusades.… …

  • 45Saracen —    During the Crusades, this was the name given the Arabs and Muslims. It is actually the name of a Bedouin tribe from the Sinai …

    The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

  • 46saracen — s ( en, er) ÅLD arab, äv. muslim …

    Clue 9 Svensk Ordbok

  • 47Saracen —   Kalekena …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 48Saracen — [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… …

    Word origins

  • 49Saracen's Head Inn, Saracen's Head Yard —    South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677 O.S. 1848 51).    The site is now occupied by the westernmost of the two passages leading into Bishopsgate Avenue …

    Dictionary of London

  • 50Saracen's Head Inn —    On the west side of Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677 Lockie, 1816).    Strype describes it as very large and of a great resort and trade (ed. 1720, I. iii. 207).    Starting place of coach to Taunton, Yeovil, etc.    Site… …

    Dictionary of London