- a variation of Bedouin.
Beduin
Americannoun
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Origin of Beduin
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Patrols and sentries must be posted during daylight on all dominating points, and Beduin camel scouts sent out to observe enemy movements and report in time to the O.C.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
Ilgi, "king of Sidon," seems to have fled to Tyre for protection, while Abimelech reports that the king of Hazor had joined the Beduin under Ebed-Asherah and his sons.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The town is the capital of the Mudirieh of Sinai, and boasted a British resident and a force of Beduin police, but was abandoned with the rest of the province when Turkey declared war.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
Malchiel, the colleague of Labai in his attack upon Gezer, as afterwards upon Ebed-Tob of Jerusalem, does not appear to have been of Beduin origin.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
But the Egyptian dominion in its turn passed away, and Palestine was left the prey of other assailants, of the Hittites and the Beduin, of the people of Aram Naharaim and the northern hordes.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
As there are no cavalry, reconnaissances will be carried out under the direction of mounted officers by Beduins attached to them.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
Having passed this town of Xeher, along the coast there are other small towns, and Beduins in the interior of the country.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
The Beduins are little given to the chase, and seldom make war on the game birds and quadrupeds of the desert.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
And in the interior of the country all the people are Beduins: in this country there is much wheat and plenty of meat and dates, grapes, and all other fruits which are in our parts.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
They are a wild and warlike pastoral people, called Beduins.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders
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