Arab
['ærəb]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
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Definition
(n.) One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Arabian, Saracen.
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Definition
n. a native of Arabia: an Arab horse noted for its gracefulness and speed: a neglected or homeless boy or girl—usually Street or City Arab.—adj. of or belonging to Arabia.—adj. Arāb′ian relating to Arabia.—n. a native of Arabia.—adj. Ar′abic relating to Arabia or to its language.—n. the language of Arabia.—ns. Ar′abism an Arabic idiom; Ar′abist one skilled in the Arabic language or literature; Ar′aby a poetical form of Arabia.
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Examples
- In the time of Harun Al-Rashid (800 A.D) and his son, the Caliphate of Bagdad was the center of Arab science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They imposed another pirate upon us at Nazareth--another invincible Arab guard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whilst the two girls waited, Gerald Crich trotted up on a red Arab mare. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Until that time books had to be written upon parchment or papyrus, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt Europe was cut off from the papyrus supply. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon to Zanzibar, and thence, with an Arab pilot, he struck across the Indian Ocean to Calicut in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Arab was informed and the Jew sharpened to a keener edge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Arab conquerors, however, s howed themselves singularly hospitable to the culture of the n ations over which they had gained control. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Arab men are often fine looking, but Arab women are not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- After nightfall we reached our tents, just outside of the nasty Arab village of Jonesborough. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His figure interested her--the figure of a boy, almost a street arab. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He's in all right, Mr. Holmes, cried a small street Arab, running up to us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We got so far ahead of the tents that we had to camp in an Arab village, and sleep on the ground. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We discover a man of great imaginative power but tortuous in the Arab fashion, and with most of the virtues and defects of the Bedouin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before the end of the eleventh century an Arab born at Cordova, the capital of Moorish Spain, c onstructed the Toletan Tables. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Commend me to Fennimore Cooper to find beauty in the Indians, and to Grimes to find it in the Arabs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Cakes of dates pounded and kneaded together are the food of the Arabs who traverse the deserts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Physics and chemistry, as well as mathematics and astronomy, owe much in their development to t he Arabs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Muhammad's appeal, for example, was to the traditional chivalry and underlying monotheistic feelings of the intelligent Arabs of his time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the Nestorians were not the only teachers available for the Arabs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Israelites held them sacred in the old patriarchal times, and these other Arabs, their lineal descendants, do so likewise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In 642 the Arabs having pushed their conquest into northern Africa gained possession of Alexa ndria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They are particularly uncomely Jews, Arabs, and negroes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The writings that have been attributed to Geber show the advances that chemistry made through t he experiments of the Arabs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Impertinent Mohammedan Arabs, to think such things of gentlemen of another faith! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If these Arabs be like the other Arabs, their love for their beautiful mares is a fraud. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He swung his long staff round his head and three Arabs bit the dust. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was a party of Arabs, who came by sea to Canton in a trading vessel from Yanbu, the port of Medina in Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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