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Meaning of ARAB

Pronunciation:  'arub

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
  2. [n]  an Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa
 

ARAB is a 4 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: Arabian, Arabian
 
 See Also: Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Bahraini, Bahreini, Bedouin, Beduin, Katari, mount, Omani, Palestinian, Qatari, riding horse, saddle horse, Saracen, Saudi, Saudi Arabian, Semite, Yemeni

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

{Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
   particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.

         The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
         shivering in damp doorways.           --Lond. Sat.
                                               Rev.

 
Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

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

 
Glossary
 
 Definition:  multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: beach bum, beachcomber, Bedouin, beggar, bo, Bohemian, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, gypsy, hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, mudlark, nomad, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, Romany, 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, Zigeuner, zingaro
 

 

 

 

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