Beduin

American  

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

noun

plural

Beduins,

plural

Beduin

1. Bedouin.

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Etymology

Origin of Beduin

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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.

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The Beduins are little given to the chase, and seldom make war on the game birds and quadrupeds of the desert.

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To keep out the glare and the heat he had hung oriental rugs under the skylight, propping them up on long poles, and their fringed ends hung down as in a Beduin's tent.

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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.

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Do you know, Child, I am destined to be a Beduin queen.

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