- a variation of Bedouin.
Beduin
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Beduin
First recorded in 1895–1900
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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
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.
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)
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 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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.
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.
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
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
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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