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Beduin

American  
[bed-oo-in, bed-win] / ˈbɛd u ɪn, ˈbɛd wɪn /

noun

  • Beduins,
    plural
  • Beduin
    plural
  1. Bedouin.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of Beduin

First recorded in 1895–1900

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The district under his control was attacked by the Sute or Beduin, led by a certain Labai or Labaya and his sons.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Beduin place names too have a charm of their own.

From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F. L. Morrison

Parties who had been living among the Beduin in the desert came back for a week at Shepheard's and were entranced with him and his hundred-horse-power car.

From Aliens by William McFee

Old de Joinville in his thirteenth century Chronicle of the Crusades has much to say of the Beduin.

From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F. L. Morrison

It is true that the Beduin now range over the loamy plains and encamp among the marshes of Lake Hûleh, where in happier times their presence was unknown.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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 F. L. Morrison

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 Duarte Barbosa

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 George P. Marsh

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 Duarte Barbosa

They are a wild and warlike pastoral people, called Beduins.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin

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