Midianite

American  

[mid-ee-uh-nahyt] / ˈmɪd i əˌnaɪt /

noun

1. a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Midianites.

Etymology

Origin of Midianite

Midian + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The view of the eastern or Midianite coast was even more varied and suggestive.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Moses had found a refuge in Midian, and his wife and children were Midianite in race.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Note that Gideon's visit to the Midianite camp was on 'the same night' on which his little band was left alone after the ordeal by water.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

Its approach from the south is clean; and the western opening is protected by the tall screen of coast cliffs, the Jebel el-Ginái, whose deep-black porphyritic gorge seemingly prolongs that of Midianite Tayyib Ism.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The words are not the words of a Midianite at all, but such as a Jew would be more apt to utter.

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles