noun
Etymology
Origin of Arabist
Example Sentences
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Elisabeth Kendall, an Arabist and Yemen specialist at the University of Cambridge, put it this way in a recent CNN interview:
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024
The godfather of Russia’s military intervention in Syria is Yevgeny Primakov, a former prime minister and intelligence chief and for decades his nation’s leading Arabist.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2015
He is an Arabist, was station chief in Saudi Arabia in the 90s and Chief of Staff to Director George Tenet in the years after 9/11.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2013
The only Arabist with real knowledge of the country was a holdover from the previous administration.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 25, 2012
Here, therefore, I hold that the Austrian Arabist has proved his point whilst the Frenchman has failed.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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