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Semite

DEFINITIONS OF: Semite

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adj of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

Semite peoples”
Synonyms:
Semitic

n a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa

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Babylonian
an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
Chaldaean, Chaldean, Chaldee
an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea
Assyrian
an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
Phoenician
a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
Arab, Arabian
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
Aramaean, Aramean
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
Canaanite
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
Bahraini, Bahreini
a native or inhabitant of Bahrain
Palestinian, Palestinian Arab
a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
Omani
a native or inhabitant of Oman
Katari, Qatari
a native or inhabitant of Qatar
Saudi, Saudi Arabian
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
Yemeni
a native or inhabitant of Yemen
Bedouin, Beduin
a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
Saracen
(when used broadly) any Arab
Sumerian
a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer
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Caucasian, White, White person
a member of the Caucasoid race
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