Palestinian

[ pal-uh-stin-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
2. Also called Palestinian Arab. an Arab formerly living in Palestine who advocates the establishment of an Arab homeland there.

adjective

1. of or relating to Palestine or Palestinians.
2. of or relating to Palestinian Arabs:

   Palestinian guerrillas.

Palestinian

/ ˌpælɪˈstɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Palestine

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the former British mandate, or their descendants, esp such Arabs now living in the Palestinian Administered Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, or Israel, or as refugees from Israeli-occupied territory

Word History and Origins

Origin of Palestinian¹

Palestin(e) + -ian

Example Sentences

Free society-canceling gets most of the attention, but the state-sanctioned kind is far scarier, and it’s what pro-Palestinian solidarity activists are up against.

From Washington Blade

That also still leaves the general Palestinian population without means to a vaccine.

From Popular-Science

For each performance, the actors talk and cook a Palestinian dish in real-time via Zoom.

From Washington Blade

The World Health Organization registered 788 new cases on Tuesday in the Palestinian cities.

From Ozy

Its neighbors have either hailed the agreement or termed it a betrayal of the Palestinian people.

From Ozy

The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead.

From The Daily Beast

I know, some of you will now react by saying that the Netanyahu government supports a Palestinian state.

From The Daily Beast

And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.

From The Daily Beast

The reality is that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is likely going to be with us for the foreseeable future.

From The Daily Beast

Soon after Abu Ein died, the Palestinian Authority announced three days of mourning.

From The Daily Beast

We are introduced successively to the Palestinian, the Assimilator, and the Neither-here-nor-there.

From Project Gutenberg

They lived in comparative quietude; although Herodotus knows the Palestinian coast he does not mention the Jews.

From Project Gutenberg

Through them the experience of the dispersion was brought to bear upon the Palestinian Jews.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, far more than on Palestinian soil, was built the enduring edifice of rabbinism.

From Project Gutenberg

We keep close to the meaning of Scripture if we set the Annunciation in a room in a cottage of a Palestinian working man.

From Project Gutenberg