sarrazin

[sar-uh-zin]

noun

buckwheat(defs 1–3).

Origin of sarrazin

1680–90; < French (blé) sarrasin Saracen (wheat)

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Historical Examples of sarrazin

Sarrazin, 1885, note on l. 10 of the two versions in Northern dialect.
Early Theories of Translation
Flora Ross Amos
Sarrazin's attempt to prove such corruption is an entire failure.
Beowulf
R. W. Chambers
Do you know that he is a descendant of the French poet Sarrazin?
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son
The Earl of Chesterfield
Delicately and mercifully Mr. Sarrazin answered that sad appeal.
The Evil Genius
Wilkie Collins
Mr. Sarrazin shook his head; he had a case of copyright in hand just then.
The Evil Genius
Wilkie Collins