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

The wells of the desert go back to a great antiquity: where water is scarce its discovery is not easily forgotten, and the Beduin come with their flocks year after year to drink of it.

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

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)

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)

Kanmakan is the typical Arab Knight, gentle and valiant as Don Quixote Sabbáh is the Grazioso, a "Beduin" Sancho Panza.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)