Saracen
['særəsən]
Definition
(noun.) (historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades.
(noun.) (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire.
(noun.) (when used broadly) any Arab.
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Definition
(n.) Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Arabian, Arab.[2]. Mussulman, Mahometan.
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Definition
n. a name variously employed by medieval writers to designate the Mohammedans of Syria and Palestine the Arabs generally or the Arab-Berber races of northern Africa who conquered Spain and Sicily and invaded France.—adjs. Saracen′ic -al.—n. Sar′acenism.—Saracenic architecture a general name for Mohammedan architecture.
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Examples
- The remainder of the play ended--the Saracen's head was cut off, and Saint George stood as victor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- No, said the lad who played the Saracen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Harry as the Saracen should strut a bit more, and John needn't holler his inside out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He's quite a youngster, said the Saracen apologetically, and you must excuse him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yes, you had better try that, said the Saracen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sir Franklin, answered the Templar, my Saracen slaves are true Moslems, and scorn as much as any Christian to hold intercourse with a Jew. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This very sword has cloven hundreds of Saracen Knights from crown to chin in those old times when Godfrey wielded it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As to where he is to be found, I left him to it at the Saracen's Head; but his name is Raffles. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They sent for us, said the Saracen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We'll have our high tea at the Saracen's Head. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- 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.
- But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They would have been safer, though they had been taken in actual war against the Saracens, if they had once drank water with them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He was followed by his Saracens, and some five or six men-at-arms, who had mounted their horses. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Three hundred Saracens hath this Brian de Bois-Guilbert slain with his own hand. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal, a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Spanish Saracens disputed in Sicily with the Saracens from Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The infidel Jew--it was merit with heaven to deal with him as I did, else wherefore are men canonized who dip their hands in the blood of Saracens? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In Spain the Saracens were giving ground before a renascent Christian effort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the seventh century, the Saracens conquered Egypt and carried back therefrom, papyrus, and the knowledge of how to make paper from it to Europe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such was the Greek empire as long as it subsisted, and that of the Saracens during the reigns of the Abassides. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- From the Saracens this same custom obtained among the Moors of Africa; was by them brought into Spain, and there long sacredly observed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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